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FIG. 5 (above): Orator’s
stool. Kapriman village,
Middle Sepik, PNG.
Mid 20th century.
Wood with red, yellow, white, and
black pigments. H:114 cm.
Collected in 1954 by Françoise Girard.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 71.1955.76.460.
© Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac/RMN-Grand Palais.
FIG. 6 (right): Orator’s stool,
attributed to a sculptor
named Tuupa. Middle Sepik.
Mid 20th century.
Wood, shell, black and white pigments.
H: 101 cm.
Collected by Jean Guiart.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 72.1965.14.210.
© Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac/RMN-Grand Palais.
FIG. 7 (right): Orator’s stool,
attributed to James Ymbun,
Middle Sepik, PNG.
Late 20th century.
Wood, shell, vegetal fiber, black and
white pigments. H: 157 cm.
Collected by Christian Coiffier.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac,
inv. 71.1998.42.39.
© Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac/RMN-Grand Palais.
FIGS. 8a and b (left and
below): Orator’s stool. Iatmul,
Middle Sepik, PNG.
Early 20th century.
Wood, shell, with white, black, and red
pigments. H: 98 cm.
Ex Claude Vérité; Pierre Vérité: Ernest
Ascher; Arthur Speyer.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac,
inv. 70.2006.21.1.
© Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac/RMN-Grand Palais.