Model of a reed bundle canoe with reed sail

Pen made from a hollow reed and sharpened at both ends to form nibs: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus, Roman Period, c.30 BC - AD 395

Set for indoor archery practice (yokyu), consisting of quiver made of horn and gilt papier-mache, and eleven arrows with reed shafts notched and feathered reed shafts and iron heads, bow not present: Japan, 19th century

One of three parts of a zummara or reed pipe consisting of two lengths of notched reed: Syria, Damascus, 20th century AD

One of three parts of a zummara or reed pipe consisting of two lengths of notched reed: Syria, Damascus, 20th century AD

One of three parts of a zummara or reed pipe consisting of two lengths of notched reed: Syria, Damascus, 20th century AD

Zukra or bagpipes consisting of a goatskin bag set with reed pipes and chanter: Tunisia, Tunis, 19th century

Ornament from a mummified person of two reeds decoratively bound, with brown and white tassles hanging from top: South America, probably Peru

Mummy cross of reed with coloured thread forming a lozenge design looped on it: South America, Peru, Ancón cemetery

Panpipes consisting of ten unequal lengths of reed, each stopped at the base and bound together at top and bottom by two sinnet bindings: Polynesian, Tonga

Musical instrument of zither type made of a number of sections of reed fixed together side by side, with strips of the reeds raised over wooden bridges and giving musical notes when plucked: Northern Nigeria, Kaduna

Throwing spear or dart (ulutoa), consisting of long, thin reed with an ovoid wooden knob fastened to the upper end: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, Rotuma

Comb of thin reed stems, ornamentally bound together at the top with brown and black root tendrils: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Tattooing implement with plain reed handle and narrow toothed bone head lashed on at right angles: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Tattooing implement with plain reed handle and narrow toothed bone head lashed on at right angles: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Tattooing instrument, composed of plain reed handle with narrow toothed bone head secured at right angles: Pacific Peoples, Fiji