The asmat creation story :fumeripits creates people from trees"

By ;Leslie Alvarado 2-4-12period.1caglayan ,Ph.D.,Emily."The Asmat".In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History .New York:The Metropolitan Museum of Art,2000-.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/asma/hd_asma.htm(october 2004);and Mr.Ruben Meza,2012

According to the Asmat tradition :Fumeripits was the first being to exist on earth ,and he also created the first men's

ceremonial house called(a jeu).

Fumeripits would spend his days dancing along the beach, but after a while grew of being alone.

So he chopped down a number of trees carved them into human figures ,and placed them inside the jeu.

However, since the sculptures were inanimate ,Fumeripits was still unhappy.He then

decided to create a drum,and chopped down another tree,hollowed out the center ,and stretched a piece of

lizard skin over the top."

As he began to play the drum,the human figures miraculously came to life,their elbows came unstuck

from their knees and they began to dance."

This is how Fumeripits made people from trees.And the first people were the Asmat.