PREHISTORIC ART. 



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uished liini by M. Lartet. It was rudely constructed from a stag- 

 horn, was blown at tlie end like a flageolet, and had three finger holes 

 equidistant. 



SCANI>INA\'IA. 



Lnhrs. — The most elaborate, as well as the most beautiful instru- 

 ments of music belonging to prehistoric times, were the bronze ami gold 

 tiumpets or horns of Scan 

 dinavia. They are not toys, 

 but are of large size, quite 

 as large as any horns of 

 modern times, being some- 

 times 5 and even \\\) to 8 

 feet in length, Avith bell 

 mouths 0, 8, and 10 inches 

 in diameter. Xo particul ar 

 style was adopted, though 

 all specimens agree in 

 the requisites of the horn 

 or trumpet. Some are 

 straight and some curved, 

 after the fashion of the 

 modern hornj others, 

 again, are curved at one, 

 and still others at both 

 ends. The majority of 

 these instruments are of 

 bronze, cast in short sec- 

 tions with joints or shoul- 

 ders, which, being fitted, 

 are riveted together. The 

 straighter ones are in 

 longer sections and, conse- 

 quently, with fewer shoul- 

 ders, while those more 

 curved have proportion- 

 ately shorter sections and 

 more shoulders. The va- 

 riations of form and conse- 

 quent changes in manufac- 

 ture will be apparent on 

 ins})ection of the figures. 

 These horns are called luhrs by the Danes. They are from southern 

 Sweden and Denmark as far south as Sleswick, but not farther. They 

 are found mostly in peat bogs. Whether this was an intentional deposit 

 and for the purpose of their preservation has never been determined. 



Fig. 168 represents one of these large horns curved at both ends, in 



Fig. 168. 



BRONZE HORN, MOLDED. 



Length, 8 feet. 



Maltbeck, Denmark. 



One ol' twenty-three in Copenhagen Miisouiu. 



