Small pipes bagpipe

Description

Set of mouth blown small pipes with chanter, three drones set in a common stock and mouthpiece or blowpipe, ebony, ivory-mounted, with leather bag and green woollen bag cover, Scottish, early 19th century

Museum reference

A.1913.57

Collection

Culture

Object name

Small pipes bagpipe

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

Early 19th century

Materials

Leather, Wool, Silk, Ebony, Ivory

References

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

Anthony Baines, Bagpipes, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, revised edition 1973, pp 127-128