NMS ยท A.1951.376

Puutoorino

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Description

Flute (putorino) of brown wood carved in two longitudinal halves and bound at both ends with flax, upper part carved with a face (wheku) and protruding tongue, medial orifice carved as an open mouth of a second face: New Zealand, inauthentic Maori, early 20th century

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