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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 903102, member: 2844&quot;]It is my fault everyone started looking to Spain, because of the conical hat from Salamanca. It seems I have sent everyone to Spanish regions other than Salamanca, for which I apologize.</p><p><br /></p><p>But about a possible Galician (or Asturian, Portuguese, etc) gaita:</p><p>It doesn&#039;t look like any of the Galician gaita types, they all have blowpipes, drone-pipe(s) over the shoulder and one to the side, and as far as I know a single chanter:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fd%2Fd7%2FGaiteiros_em_romaria_galega.jpg&amp;sp=4f39a1acb7ac8dbb3f4f1024e1f4943b&amp;anticache=339428" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But then there seems to be no way to get wind in that bag, since I can&#039;t see bellows either.</p><p>There are European bagpipes without shoulder drones, mostly in Eastern Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hat doesn&#039;t strike me as Galician, they have wide-brimmed hats and mostly these hats:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m_y8gn1t8u4/VkY0PwBuhuI/AAAAAAAAcBo/8aoGEBe_PZI/s640/31272_102237409821090_101870226524475_17706_2589117_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V7wueZP3GzU/VkY0PkfdMfI/AAAAAAAAcBg/FK0mWJFa6dg/s640/g_vigoenfotos_7134d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bagpipes were found in many parts of the Iberian peninsula, especially the north, including Catalunia, and even on the islands. So if you think the figurine is Spanish there is no reason to restrict the search to Galicia, just because to outsiders it is the most famous Spanish bagpipe region. People acquainted with Sapnish folk music or bagpipes know there are many possibilities.</p><p>And as I said, it was only the hat that made me think of Salamanca, which happens to be in Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>The complete picture of this figurine includes a conical hat, knee breeches, and a similar bagpipe. Just focusing on a very different looking Galician gaita means excluding any other possibilities imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>To complicate matters, it could come from one of the many other Continental European bagpipe regions, as long as there is a similar costume.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can tell you one thing, it is not one of ours <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Hendrik_ter_Brugghen_-_De_doedelzakspeler.jpg/800px-Hendrik_ter_Brugghen_-_De_doedelzakspeler.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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