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A Iatmul orator's stool, Kawa Teget, middle Sepik Papua New…
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A Iatmul orator's stool, Kawa Teget, middle Sepik Papua New Guinea, Iatmul, 20 th century. Stool sculpted in the shape of a standing figure giving tangible form to the ancestor, hands on hips, large face enhanced with black, white and red pigments, inlaid shell eyes, perforations around the edge of the face to fasten a postiche beard and adornments, the legs of the stool are bent. Additional small ancestral figures around. When an orator would deliver their speech, they would throw leaves on the stool, hence the name of the item 'Kawa teget', seat of leaves. For major events, those stools would be taken out of the men's house so the ancestor could witness the celebration. Provenance: from the collection of Keith St Cartmail, height 105 cm, width 35 cm, depth 37 cm
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