Hunting horn, Late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.

Hunting horn, Late 15th century. Creator: Unknown.

2-840-098 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Ivory end blown horn with segmented horizontal carvings in tiers from the top to the bottom. The figures are of animals and humans. There are also plant forms (trees) and letters (Greek). Each band is carved with high and low relief objects and separated by lattice, beading or braiding. There are five carved S-shaped ivory loops on the side. Three have metal chains attached.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown:

Medium
  1. Ivory
  2. Ivory, metal

Picture Type
  1. Sculpture

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2426x3000
File Size : 21,323kb


Aliases

  1. edanmdm:nmafa_2005-6-9
  1. NMAfA-D20060019-000005.txt
  1. 0990010682
  1. 2-840-098
  1. 2840098
  1. edanmdm:nmafa_2005-6-9

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