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1938.34.120

Bagpipes with a carved wooden goats head and goat-skin bag.

1938.34.120

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bagpipes with a carved wooden goats head and goat-skin bag.
Geographical reference
Hungary
Europe > Eastern Europe > Hungary
Komárom-Esztergom
Cultural groups
Hungarian
Magyar
Person
Field collector Emil Torday
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: 1908
Date collected
1908 - 1912
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Skin, Material Animal Horn, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Tied, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Padded
Dimensions
Length: max 560 mm, Width: max 424 mm, Depth: max 129 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.120
Associated publications
Published in Bagpipes by Anthony Baines (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Occasional Paper on Technology, 9, 1960) on pages 77-79 and black and white photograph on Plate V, No. 19 and illustrated in Fig. 41. [MJD 31/08/2011]

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