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reedpipe

Shepherd's pipes; made from reeds; two reeds, each with a smaller reed attached with bitumen at one end, tied together with cotton string and held in place with additional bitumen; each large reed has six holes burned into it; the bitumen is decorated with blue glass beads.

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