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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

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-37789a,b, described as flute, sacred, and flute ornament; flute is long bamboo shaft decorated at four places on length with plaited rattan; cassowary feathers worked into rattan binding at one end; ornament is carved wood in shape of bird; flute is cracked; a) flute, b) ornament; played ritually in the haus tamabrah; played in pairs, with alternating tones; this specimen is half of a pair, of which the other half is 11-37788ab

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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5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies1 objects
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S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975)1 objects
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