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107 an investigation of the Strickland-Purari patrol: Schieffelin and Crittenden, Like People You See in a Dream, pp. 23132.
108 All of Asmat was based on reciprocation: For Asmat culture and cosmology, see Schneebaum, Where the Spirits Dwell; Knauft, South Coast New Guinea Cultures; Zegwaard, "Headhunting Practices of the Asmat of Netherlands New Guinea"; Eyde, "Cultural Correlates of Warfare Among the Asmat of South-West New Guinea"; Trenkenschuh, ed., An Asmat Sketchbook Nos. 1 and 2; van Kessel, "My Stay and Personal Experiences in Asmat"; and Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller.
108 Van de Waal showed Michael and Wa.s.sing around: Author's interview with Wim van de Waal, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2011.
109 Van Kessel, he wrote Goldwater a few days later: Michael Rockefeller, letter (undated) to Robert Goldwater, MMA Archives.
109 "There has been something mysterious about my arrival": Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
110 But with the help of Gerbrands and Eyde: Ibid.
111 Michael was in ecstasy as hundreds of warriors: Ibid.
111 They left two days later at three p.m.: Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 107.
111 "First there was the quiet, leisurely departure": Ibid.
111 "I only wish I could have somehow recorded": Ibid., p. 111.
112 After seven hours, they arrived at a bivouac: Wa.s.sing, "Report from the Journey to the Asmat Region," National Archive of the Netherlands.
112 And when he asked to see carvings: Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
113 "This was one kind of object that": Ibid.
113 Certain songs are so powerful: Author's interview with Vince Cole, Agats, Papua, March 2012.
114 "There is no magic involved and no offering": Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
114 "an elusive personality": Ibid.
115 "This was an old, beautiful one of a kind": Ibid.
116 In the tangled knot of Asmat allegiances: Ibid; Wa.s.sing, "Report from the Journey to the Asmat Region," National Archive of the Netherlands.
117 he had given a daughter to Dombai: Author's interview with Kosmos Kokai, Basim and Pirien Village, Papua, February 2012.
117 "It was a marvelous paddle upstream": Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 127.
117 The river twisted and turned and narrowed: Wa.s.sing, "Report from the Journey to the Asmat Region," National Archive of the Netherlands.
117 Tatsji let out a long, melodious yell: Ibid.
118 "Now this is wild and somehow more remote country": Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 128.
118 Michael continued on in the morning: Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
118 found seventeen bisj poles: Ibid.; Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 141.
119 Michael noted that the poles seemed to have been carved: Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
119 In exchange for tobacco: Wa.s.sing, "Report from the Journey to the Asmat Region," National Archive of the Netherlands.
119 Michael gave them a partial down payment: Ibid.; Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 142.
120 "On our way to Biwar we had to cross": Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
120 Three days later, they arrived at the rendezvous: Ibid.; Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 142.
12. MARCH 2012.
126 Tobias Schneebaum romanticized the Amazonian: Schneebaum, Keep the River on Your Right, pp. 100110.
13. SEPTEMBER 1961.
136 "What time is it and where am I": Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 44.
136 "I think I can report with some confidence": Michael Rockefeller, letter to Robert Goldwater, July 9, 1961, MMA Archives.
137 "He arrived in Otsjanep and was immediately stabbed/shot": Hubertus von Peij, letter to Herman Tillemans, February 3, 1962, OSC Archives.
138 was "unique" for the United States: Michael Rockefeller, letter to Robert Goldwater, July 9, 1961, MMA Archives.
138 Goldwater wrote van Kessel: Ibid.
138 "Mr. Rockefeller is, as you know": Robert Goldwater, letter to Cornelius van Kessel, July 27, 1961, MMA Archives.
138 "for its lack of acculturation": Michael Rockefeller, letter to Robert Goldwater, July 9, 1961, MMA Archives.
139 Although Gaisseau was able to get the village: Tony Saulnier, The Headhunters of Papua (New York: Crown, 1963), pp. 6992.
139 "with equally as talented sculptors": Michael Rockefeller, letter to Cornelius van Kessel, June 10, 1961, MMA Archives.
139 "I will not exclude Otsjanep": Cornelius van Kessel, letter to Michael Rockefeller, August 1961, MMA Archives.
139 "objectives; themes of investigation": Michael C. Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
140 After a few days in Hollandia: Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 44.
140 "The key to my fascination with the Asmat": Ibid.
141 "Nights here are really the most fun": Ibid.
141 There was a single government vessel: Author's interview with Wim van de Waal, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2011.
141 The catamaran was great on the rivers: Ibid.
141 "The sideboards were only ten": Ibid.
142 "He was stuck, flabbergasted": Ibid.
142 "I came in my own catamaran": Ibid.
142 "Will you sell it to me": Ibid.
142 He wanted to have a forty-five-horsepower outboard: Ibid.
142 At the local Chinese general store: Accounts of M. C. Rockefeller, MMA Archives.
143 "Both Rene Wa.s.sing and I": Michael Rockefeller, letter to Cornelius van Kessel, October 7, 1961, MMA Archives.
143 They made a quick swing south first: Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
144 "The evening was crystal clear": Ibid.
144 "The Asmat has a special shout": Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 45.
144 Over the next three weeks, he and Wa.s.sing: Ibid., p. 46.
144 He made intricate drawings of designs: Michael Rockefeller, field notes, MMA Archives.
144 "The only difference between Mark Twain and us": Gerbrands, ed., The Asmat: The Journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller, p. 46.
145 "making use of the Sisters' major contribution": Ibid.
145 "The Asmat is like a huge puzzle": Ibid.
147 Father von Peij got wind that two boys: Author's interview with Hubertus von Peij, Tilburg, Netherlands, December 2011.
148 On Wednesday, November 15, at five p.m.: Ibid.
148 They sipped their tea and sat in chairs: Ibid.
148 "I'm leaving for Atsj on Friday": Ibid.
148 "I have to go to Per first": Ibid.
15. NOVEMBER 1961.
157 The catamaran was fully loaded: Interview with Rene Wa.s.sing, as recounted in Morgan, Beginning with the End, pp. 2224; Accounts of M. C. Rockefeller, MMA Archives.
158 They spent the night: Author's interview with Hubertus von Peij, Tilburg, Netherlands, December 2011.
159 Wa.s.sing took the throttle: Morgan, Beginning with the End, p. 22.
159 Wa.s.sing throttled back: Ibid.
160 If we get swept out to sea, no one will find us: Ibid.
160 They weren't afraid: Ibid., pp. 2224.
160 Michael and Wa.s.sing gathered what they could: Ibid.
160 It wasn't long until a wave: Ibid.
160 They salvaged what they could: Ibid.
160 they reached Agats at ten-thirty p.m.: Dutch Navy, telex to patrol ship Snellius, National Archive of the Netherlands.
160 the radio was buzzing: Dutch Navy, telex to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 20, 1961, National Archive of the Netherlands.
160 Dutch authorities in Agats scrambled the government vessel: Ibid.
161 But the boat had been inspected the day before: Author's interview with Hubertus von Peij, Tilburg, Netherlands, December 2011.
161 And it had no operating radio: Dutch Navy, telex to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 20, 1961, National Archive of the Netherlands.
161 They pried a couple of boards: Morgan, Beginning with the End, p. 23.
161 Michael with the motor's empty fuel tank: Ibid.
161 Wa.s.sing thought they were three miles off the coast: Reuters report, dossier 39666, Ministerie Van Binnenlandse Zaken, National Archive of the Netherlands.
161 "Let's try to paddle again": Morgan, Beginning with the End, p. 23.
162 "If you can make it, I don't do it": Ibid.
162 Michael had the one fuel tank already strapped: Ibid.
162 It was eight a.m. on November 19: Dutch Navy, telex to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 20, 1961, National Archive of the Netherlands.
162 He was swimming against the outflowing tide: Tide tables for Dutch New Guinea.
162 "I think I can make it": Reuters report, dossier 39666, Ministerie Van Binnenlandse Zaken, National Archive of the Netherlands; Morgan, Beginning with the End, p. 23.
162 until he became a dim form, three dots: Ibid.
16. NOVEMBER 1961.
164 So it was that, on the evening of November 18: Van Kessel, report to Tillemans, January 23, 1962.
164 Ajim, a short, powerfully built man: Cornelius van Kessel, photo, OSC Archives.
164 He wore six-inch-wide rattan bracelets: Ibid.
164 There were Fin and Pep and Dombai: Van Kessel, report to Tillemans, January 23, 1962.
164 They paddled down the Ewta at slack tide: Tide tables for Dutch New Guinea.
