Flute

Museum number:
11-37843
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
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.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flutes (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.

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