Panpipes

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/863

Double chamber panpipes; musical instrument. Made from a row of six long pipes of varying length fixed together; tubes closed at one end. Two holes for suspension under pipes. Triangular shape. Grey-brown body with orange-brown paint on mouthpiece area. Polished surface. Unbroken.


  • Type of Item panpipe
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 20.1 cm, width 10.7 cm, depth 2.5 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ica

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2990/0863