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Bagpipes

India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 81.16.1
Type: musical instruments
Date of production:
19th-20th c.
Colonial period
Place of production:
Pakistan
Materials: brass; cane; leather; wood
Techniques: turned
Dimensions: height: 84 cm
width: 35 cm
Reed pipes in 5 turned wooden tubes with metal mouthpieces. The whistle is an old subcontinental instrument. The Celtic musicians of the British army played a role in the spread of the bagpipe form. The bagpipes were made in the factory in Sialkot, Pakistan.
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