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Ecuador’s national instrument is the rondador, a single-ranked panpipe with eight to thirty pipes, all of which are closed at one end. Pipes are occasionally made of condor feathers, Ecuador’s national bird.
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Title: Rondador
Date: ca. 1960
Geography: Cotacachi, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
Culture: Ecuador
Medium: Condor feathers, bamboo, cotton string
Dimensions: 29 × 10 × 4 in. (73.7 × 25.4 × 10.2 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-panpipe
Credit Line: Gift of Juan Pepe Santana, 2005
Object Number: 2005.268
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