A Biwat flute

A Biwat flute

Yuat River, Papua New Guinea

pierced bamboo with reed binding and a clay mask ornament with applied shells, boar tusks and cassowary feathers,

116cm long,

and a Biwat bamboo flute with a carved wood ancestor figure stopper, with fibre, cassowary and other feathers, with applied shell eyes, 183cm long. (3)

Provenance

Roger Todd Collection, London, UK.