Object class: Musical instruments / Collection place: New Guinea, Melanesia / Accession number: Acc.1915 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Musical instruments Collection place New Guinea, Melanesia Accession number Acc.1915

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-37864, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-37865, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-37842, described as Flute, spirit voice; hollowed inner shell of bagwi fruit has one blowhole perforated through top; surface all covered with curvilinear designs; some lime as coloring in incised areas; cracked; blown by initiated men to warn women and uninitiated boys to leave the village while the initiates conduct ceremonies.

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-37843, described as Flute, spirit-voice; hollowed inner shell of a coconut-like fruit has one blowhole, one finger stop perforated through sides; surface covered overall with curvilinear designs incised; extensive cracking; blown by initiated men to warn women and uninitiated boys to leave the village while the initiates conduct ceremonies.

Hearst Museum object titled Gong beater, accession number 11-37692, described as beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; handle end is keeled and knobbed with two eye-like bulges

Hearst Museum object titled Gong beater, accession number 11-37688, described as beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; handle end is keeled and knobbed with two eye-like bulges; white pigment in excised areas of design