Panpipes

Description

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

Museum reference

A.1956.1008

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Panpipes

Production information

Tonga, Polynesia

Materials

Reed, Sinnet

Physical description

Lengths of reed bound top and bottom with sinnet

Associations

Collector: Cook, James, Captain, 1728 - 1779
Previous owner: Sir John Pringle

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum

On display

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world cultures, facing the sea »
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