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Bagpipes, sheepskin bag (f), with blow-pipe (a), chanter (e) and three-part drone (b-d) of lathe-turned wood and horn. All three pipes have animal horn sockets or stocks attached to the bag, ornamental glass beads, - 'gajda'.

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