Meyer Gallery

SPEAKER'S "STOOL"

NEW GUINEA – MELANESIIA | Latmul people, Middle Sepik

Wood, cowrie shells, and red, white and black pigments
Height: 121cm/46cm/47.63cm-51.57in/18.11in/18.50in
Presumed period: 19th / 20th century.
Provenance: Collected in the field by Oscar Meyer around 1956/57

The son of renowned antique dealers, Anthony JP Meyer has specialized in traditional and ancient arts of Oceania and the Arctic Circle for over forty years. He is the author of numerous thematic catalogues, including a major work on Oceanic Art published in 1995.

Thematic exhibition:

Beyond the Threshold – The Men's House in New Guinea | Exhibition Curator: Vairea Anania | “Beyond the Threshold: The Men's House in New Guinea” is an exhibition dedicated to the ceremonial spaces of men in New Guinea. It brings together a collection of ancient artifacts from different cultural groups in the region. Through sculptures, architectural elements, ritual objects, and associated instruments, the project offers a symbolic immersion into the heart of these collective spaces, now often lost or profoundly transformed.

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