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Panpipe

Panpipes. Eleven bamboo pipes of graduated length and diameter, each stopped at the distal end by a node. They are bound into a raft by two transverse plaits of pandanus leaf strips locking each pair of adjacent pipes together in a chevron pattern.

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  • Materials:grass, bamboo
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.112.2 Stopped panpipes
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements:overall: 193 x 105 x 18 mm