There have been fresh claims that Michael Rockefeller, scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, was devoured by cannibals in New Guinea.
A new book, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art, by Carl Hoffman, posits fresh theories about the Harvard graduate’s mysterious disappearance.
In 1961, Rockefeller embarked on an expedition to collect art for the Museum of Primitive Art in Manhattan, opened by his multi-millionaire father.
He was accompanied only by René Wassing, a Dutch anthropologist, and two local teenagers — but without an Asmat guide. His canoe capsized in November 1961, and he has long been presumed to have died while attempting to swim for the shore. He was declared legally dead in 1964.
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