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1938.34.125

Bagpipes.

1938.34.125

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bagpipes.
Long description
Bagpipes. Shkewa. (Local Arabic) Bird-bone blowpipe. Forelegs of the bag are closed with antelope horns. Incomplete valve. Chanter: 18 cm. canes with holes 4:4 placed in two groups of two on each pipe.
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Cultural groups
Arab
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bird Bone, Material Animal Skin, Material Cane Plant, Material Antelope Horn Animal, Process Carved, Process Tied
Dimensions
Width: max 260 mm, Length: max 480 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.125
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as Plate II, No. 5, in Bagpipes by Anthony Baines (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Occasional Paper on Technology, 9, 1960). The object is described on page 38. [MJD 31/08/2011]

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