Pan Pipes

Unknown people (Papua New Guinea)

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collected 1886

Wood, bamboo, and string

Overall: 13 × 5 7/8 in. (33 × 15 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

172.12.25399

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

19th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Captain Isaiah Bray, 1886; The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; acquired by present collection in Exchange 160, 1972.

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