Musette Bagpipe: Museum Object and Cultural History
Musette Bagpipe: date made: 19th century. Object Name: bagpipe. Physical Description: snakewood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This bagpipe was made by an unknown maker in France, in the 19th century. It is a bellows blown bagpipe, with a sewn skin bag with a velvet cover with pearl buttons. It has snakewood pipes and ivory stocks and ferrules. The chanter and drone stocks are joined by a decorated silver band. The drone is closed at the top and communication to the chanter is through a hole in the stock. The chanter and drone join the bag through the mouth of a carved ivory head. The chanter has 7 fingerholes, 2 vents, and a conical bore. (no reeds present).
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 19th century
- Object Name: bagpipe
- Physical Description: snakewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ivory (overall material)
- Physical Description: animal skin (overall material)
- Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
- Physical Description: pearl (overall material)
- place made: France
- ID Number: MI.382655
- accession number: 164201
- catalog number: 382655
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. W. Duncan McKim
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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