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Panpipes

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/93

Terracotta panpipes with eight note cylinders of varying lengths arranged in order with the shortest and longest on opposite sides. There is a horizontal flat band of clay across the top of the pipes and another approximately 10.5 cm below. The walls of the pipes are thin, and have been broken and repaired. There are several missing pieces.

  • Specific Techniques

    The very thin walls of the pipes were slip cast.

  • Narrative

    The longest of these panpipes would have originally been approximately 50 cm in length.

  • Type of Item panpipe
  • Culture Recuay
  • Material adhesive, clay
  • Measurements height 42.0 cm, width 11.4 cm, depth 1.8 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer
  • Made in Peru
  • Creation Date between 100 and 800
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0093

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