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Hearst Museum object titled Bamboo ear plug, accession number 11-41135, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Bamboo shed roll, accession number 11-490c, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 11-398, described as Betel nut and lime box.
Hearst Museum object titled Cane, accession number 11-42801, described as Cane, bamboo, pyro-engraved geometric design, curved top, rubber grip on bottom. 86.4 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Carved bamboo head-hunting horn, accession number 11-38457, described as Headhunter’s bamboo trumpet with abstract design carved in relief
Hearst Museum object titled Carved bamboo head-hunting horn, accession number 11-38456, described as Headhunter’s bamboo trumpet with abstract design carved in relief
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 11-14829, described as Bamboo comb, bound with twine. 12 inches by 2½ inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 11-14828, described as Bamboo comb, bound with twine. 13½ inches by 2 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Dye roller, accession number 11-437, described as Dye roller for printing on tapa cloth.
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

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