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Hearst Museum object titled Ancestor figure, accession number 11-37784, described as figure, large standing, of carved wood; greatly enlarged head has featured in low relief, painted white and peach/ochre; white chevron design surrounds head; male body has arms at side, feet attached to hook base; white dots allover
Hearst Museum object titled Carved figure, accession number 11-42501, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Carved wooden figure, accession number 11-37323, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Carved wooden figure, accession number 11-41298, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 11-14666, described as Figure, anthropomorphic; carved red-stained wood; series of “ opposed hooks”; profile style; nose and mouth missing, leg missing; height figure 10 cm. ( mounted on black-painted metal base).
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37750, described as bird figure, of carved wood; parrotlike bird with raised hump near rear end; this has carved curvilinear design on either side; usually found attached with rattan to spearthrower
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37749, described as bird figure, of carved wood; large parrot-like bird with raised hump near rear end; blackened surface; usually found attached with rattan to spear thrower
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
Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-40731, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.

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