Flute

Museum number:

11-40731

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Accession number:

Acc.2487

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund

Collection place:

Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Culture or time period:

Mundugumor people

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Flutes (aerophones)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

1969

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981)

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