- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pan pipes.
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1912
- Date collected
- By 1912
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1912
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material String, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 225 mm longest pipe, Length 94 mm shortest pipe, Width: max 56 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.57
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Panpipes
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