panpipe, unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist

Artwork Overview

panpipe, late 1800s–1967
Where object was made: Lagaip, Papua New Guinea
Material/technique: bamboo; plant fiber
Dimensions:
Object Length/Diameter (Length x Diameter): 41 x 4 cm
Object Length/Diameter (Length x Diameter): 16 1/8 x 1 9/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: KUEA Funds
Accession number: 2007.4055
Not on display

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Archive label, Ipili exhibit Natural History Museum, 1979:
Bamboo pipes
Musical pipes such as the ones shown here are played by men and women both for solitary pleasure and at ceremonial functions.