Ivory stock for bagpipes.

Collection type: Object
Description: Ivory stock for bagpipes.
Long description: Ivory stock for bagpipes. Barrel-shaped stock of ivory, mounted with a brass ring, fitted for four drones.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: By 1913
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Material Metal, Process Turned
Dimensions: Diameter: max 60 mm, Length: max 175 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.34.665.2 Other numbers: 665
Research and responses: The chanter was examined by researcher Francis Wood on 17th August 2017. It is in fact a regulator for a drone on a set of Uillean pipes rather than Northumbrian pipes. The reeds are a mixture of Uillean and Northumbrian pipe reeds. [JU 17/8/2017]