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Start Over Object name Flute Culture or time period Sepik River cultures
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.

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