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This rare tripod chair was used to grate coconut pulp, and features an inverted Y-shaped front leg attached to the underside and a monoxyleft rear leg. A section of clam or pearl oyster was attached to the elongated head as an adze.
Unusual engraving all around the seat lends the chair an unusual elegance.
Due to its size (five square kilometers) and isolation, objects from Tikopia are extremely rare in public and private collections.
The Metropolitan Museum in New York holds a grater very similar to ours. (Inv.1979.206.1490)

Price: €9,500