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kooauau

Wooden end-blown straight flute, koauau: light brown; three finger holes, covered in carving of spirals and haehae with unaunahi and ritorito; Janus face at both ends. Tiny lug at blowing end broken off, distal end broken and re-carved in fine notches.

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