Highland bagpipe

Description

Set of half-size Highland bagpipes of African blackwood and ivory-mounted, missing tenor drone top bush, by Peter Henderson, Glasgow, 1930s

Museum reference

K.1999.259

Collection

Culture

Object name

Highland bagpipe

Production information

Henderson, Peter, 1851 - 1903, Manufacturer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1930s

Materials

African Blackwood, Ivory

Physical description

African blackwood; ivory

References

Campbell, Jeannie. Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.

Baines, Anthony. Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.

Cannon, Roderick C. The Highland Bagpipe and its Music. Edinburgh, 1988.