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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal & Oceanic Arts
• Sale Date:
  17 Jun 2018 ~ 2pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  341
• Lot Description:
  A Fine Orator's Stool, Iatmul people, Middle Sepik region, Papua New Guinea
  with various animals to base & crocodile on rear, large ancestral face to front.
• Notes:
  These stools were traditionally used during debates in the Men's House, Haus Tamboram. The orator would stand next to the stool & beat it with a bunch of leaves to emphasis points to the assembled crowd some chips & cracks as per image.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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