Highland bagpipe

Description

Set of Highland bagpipes with chanter and three drones, of laburnum wood with walrus ivory mounts, previously owned by Colonel Jack Churchill, made by Donald MacDonald, Castlehill, Edinburgh, c. 1806 - 1810

Museum reference

K.2001.891

Collection

Culture

Object name

Highland bagpipe

Production information

MacDonald, Donald, 1767 - 1840, Manufacturer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1806 - 1810

Materials

Laburnum, Walrus ivory

Associations

Previous owner: Churchill, Jack

Exhibitions

• Fonn's Duthchas: Land and Legacy (13 Jan 2007 - 01 Dec 2007)
  Highland Museums, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
  Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery
  National Museums of Scotland
  Museum nan Eilean

References

Campbell, Jeannie. Highland Bagpipe Makers. Magnus Orr Publishing, 2001.

Baines, Anthony. Bagpipes. Occasional Paper on Technology 9, Oxford University Press, 1973.