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Bagpipe (highland pipes)

early 19th century
Object PlaceScotland
Medium/TechniqueEbony, ivory, leather, cloth
DimensionsChanter length (without reed) 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1931
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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