gajde

Bagpipes ('gajda'), formed of sheepskin (or goatskin) bag (a), chanter in two parts (b-c), blowpipe (d) and drone in three parts (e-g). The pipes made of lathe-turned wood and horn, each with animal horn socket or stock, bamboo reeds for drone and chanter. The drone with incised decoration done with a hot needle, incorporating St Andrew's crosses, human figures and a bird. The chanter inscribed 'lado' with the date 1960.