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Debating Stool (Kawa Rigit) 1978.412.1546
Debating Stool (Kawa Rigit) was created by the Latmul people in the 19th century. This beautifully crafted stool is made from wood, paint, and shell, and would never be used as a seat. This stool has a height of 39 ½ inches x width 17 ¼ inches x 14 ¾ inches diameter, and is from Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region. This stool is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and can be found on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 354. According to the museum these stools were supernaturally powerful and used to emphasize important points during debates, which must take place in the presence of the villages most important ancestor, whose image would appear on the back of the stool. The debating stool was an anonymous gift in memory of Rene d’Hornoncourt by The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection in 1968, the accession number is 1978.412.1546. This image is in the public domain.
Debating Stool (Kawa Rigit) 1978.412.1546
Debating Stool (Kawa Rigit) was created by the Latmul people in the 19th century. This beautifully crafted stool is made from wood, paint, and shell, and would never be used as a seat. This stool has a height of 39 ½ inches x width 17 ¼ inches x 14 ¾ inches diameter, and is from Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region. This stool is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and can be found on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 354. According to the museum these stools were supernaturally powerful and used to emphasize important points during debates, which must take place in the presence of the villages most important ancestor, whose image would appear on the back of the stool. The debating stool was an anonymous gift in memory of Rene d’Hornoncourt by The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection in 1968, the accession number is 1978.412.1546. This image is in the public domain.