Syrinx or panpipes, similar to 144 but smaller with 13 tubes only. ?Bamboo, lower seven pipes stopped with cork and others with node. Two half strips of bamboo on each side bound together through the pipes with black thread to hold instruments together.

Collection type: Object
Description: Syrinx or panpipes, similar to 144 but smaller with 13 tubes only. ?Bamboo, lower seven pipes stopped with cork and others with node. Two half strips of bamboo on each side bound together through the pipes with black thread to hold instruments together.
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector James Edge Partington; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: By 1913
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Cork Plant, Material Yarn, Process Tied, Process Plugged
Dimensions: Length: max 114 mm longest pipe, Width 141 mm, Length 52 mm shortest pipe
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.34.145 Other numbers: 145

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