Pan Pipes
Unknown people (Papua New Guinea)
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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