Collection place: Melanesia / Loans: S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-38399, described as Hourglass-shaped drum with one lizard-skin head; rattan hoop affixed; intricate carving on drum and handle

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-40757, described as flute; sacred bamboo flute with plaited fiber strips and cassowary feathers at both ends; most of one side overlaid with zoomorphic decoration with head composed of gourd and mastic with inset shells, loop-like nose; cowries and other shells set in mastic with cassowary feather trim cover most of one side; sacred flute regarded ad the embodiment of the crocodile spirits of the river; such flutes are usually associated with a cult of supernatural masks; they are hereditary possessions which are addressed by kinship terms and offered food; cf. 11-40731