Collection place: Ica Province, Department of Ica, Southern Peru / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Panpipe, accession number 4-4642, described as Clay pan pipe consisting of 12 tubes manufactured by the slip cast Length across mouth piece 16.7 cm.; longest tube 28.5 cm. shortest 7.8 cm. Painted in four colors. The major part of the instrument is decorated with a heavy brown slip which is crackled in spots. A wide white band extends down from the center decorated with hand-like geometric design in brown, orange, and purple. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 29a.