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kooauau

Wooden end-blown straight flute, koauau: brown, three finger holes, lug broken out, covered with intertwined faces and bodies, Janus face at each end. Surface decoration of rauponga and pakura, and some spirals. Remains of flax fibre through new recessed lug.

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