Not for tourists: Carved wooden stool was intended for Polynesian high society rather than the newcomers

So-called no’oanga stools from Rurutu Island, the northernmost island of the Austral archipelago in Polynesia, are distinct in their deep seats and solid curving legs terminating in button-like feet.

There are two varieties of the treatment to the edges: either plain or with stylised carving, remi…

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