Panpipes

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/862

Panpipes musical instrument made from a row of thirteen long pipes of varying lengths; closed and flattened surface at one end of tubes. Dark brown body and light brown paint on mouthpiece area. Polished surface. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item panpipe
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint, plaster
  • Measurements height 20.5 cm, width 16.3 cm, depth 1.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Ica

  • Creation Date between 400 and 500
  • 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 2990/0862