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Beautiful decorated Bamboo flute
Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Ex collection Seward Kennedy, London
Bamboo, 40 x 8 cm

"Sacred flutes" were used in male initiation ceremonies, funerals, preparations for warfare and similar ritual activities in the Eastern
Highlands of Papua New Guinea

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Sacred flute - Bamboo - Eastern Highlands - Papua New Guinea 

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314 objects

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