Pan pipes

Description

Pan pipes consisting of six reeds of graduated lengths with closed lower ends bound together with twine: Melanesian, Admiralty Islands

Museum reference

A.1956.889

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Pan pipes

Production information

Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Reed, Twine

Physical description

Six reeds of graduated length bound together with twine

Associations

Collector: Buchanan, John Young, 1844 - 1925
Challenger Expedition, 1872 - 1876

Exhibitions

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