- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Panpipes with 10 pipes, the bass one very long.
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1885
- Date collected
- By 1885
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1885, uncertain Transferred: 21/04/1888, uncertain
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Width: max 157 mm, Length: max 470 mm longest pipe, Length 164 mm shortest pipe
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.12
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Panpipes
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