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Orator's stool
East Sepik Province
19th/20th century
Wood, pigment, fiber
H. 123 cm
TC 359

Haus tambaran or men's houses are the focal point of clan history and identity as well as an arena for the display of objects important to ancestral and individual knowledge. Stools are embelmatic of the status of the owner and serve as focal points during discussions.

Provenance:
Bernard DeGrunne, Brussels 2006
Madeleine Ratton, Paris, 1962
Charles Ratton, Paris
Arthur Speyer, Sr. Berlin by exchange
Ubersee Museum, Bremen, D 3607, before 1920