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Hearst Museum object titled Carved figure, accession number 11-42501, no description available.
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 Mask, accession number 11-39244, described as Mask; wooden; carved; painted; fiber tufts in ears; eyes formerly set with pearl shells, now lost
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-39245, described as Mask; wooden; carved; painted; open eyes and mouth
Hearst Museum object titled Mask-like hanging, accession number 11-42539, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask-like hanging, accession number 11-42540, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-40725, described as Stool; wood; seat supported by three sitting crocodiles; damaged nose on one crocodile; damaged nose and eyes on another crocodile; height: 33.2 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-40726, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figure, accession number 11-39243, described as Figure; wooden; carved; male with tall forehead; pearl shell eyes; human hair; cassowary feathers; knotless netting decoration of head; shell and fiber ornament on right ear

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