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A Tibetan bell with letters/symbols in both Tibetan and Chinese.

Hourglass-shaped hand drums.

Popular throughout New Guinea, New Britain and southern New Ireland. In dances and processions, a drummer used one hand to carry the drum by its handle, and the other to beat out a rhythm.

The drum's head was made of snake, lizard or kangaroo skin. It was often glued on with blood—that of either the owner or a homicide victim. A man tightened the drumhead by heating it over a fire; he tuned his drum by sticking on small balls of pitch or vegetable gum.

Visitors paid to view memorial carvings. Here are some of the currencies used.
(See the what this money bought)

German currency close-up.

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