Orator's Stool, Korogo Village, Middle Sepik, wood, boar tusks, shells, clay, grasses & pigments, 75"

The Collection, the Collector and Myself Tookalook Native Arts is honored to present this exhibition of art from Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River Valley. Varying in age from early to mid 20th century, the exhibit is comprised of selected works from a single collection amassed by Mr. Bruce D. Lawes, in Papua New Guinea, between 1955 and 1969. more...... The Collection Ancestral Spirit Masks Yam Masks Gable Masks Hooks Shields Flute Stoppers Figures Orator Stools Karahuts Shell Jewelry Utilitarian Items Drums Papuan Cultures Drum They reverberate to the ancient essential beat of the hollowed log, as have their ancestors for more than twenty-five thousand years. more...... Map of the Sepik River The Museum’s Perspective Plattsburgh State Art Museum is proud to present this collection of Oceanic Art. more...... Acknowledgments Bibliography

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