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(as in fig. 190a) and the two thicknesses of bronze are fastened together 

 by rivets seven-eigbths of an inch apart. The lower jiart of the instru- 

 ment lias been i)atched in several places by plates and collars riveted 



on. Tlie upper part of the instrument was 

 joined in the same way, but apparently ruder. 

 The bell mouth of the instrument is finished 

 with the large ornamented cast boss shown in 

 //■i'^'^^ fl§- 1^8. The boss is 7i inches in diameter and 



'IJ-.jW has its peculiar ornamentation. The instru- 



ment is about 6 feet in length measured on the 

 convex curve. 



The greatest trumpet in the Dublin Museum 

 of Science and Art is shown in fig. 189. It 



was found in 1809 

 at Ardbrin, in 

 County Down. It 

 is 8 feet 5 inches 

 long on the con- 

 vex side, is 3.J 

 inches diameter 



at the largest and ^ inch at the smallest end. It is of sheet bronze, 

 yellowish red, bent and fastened with rivets, as in the specimen, fig. 

 187, but finer and of better workmanship. Fig. 190 a, h, shows the 

 method of riveting adopted. The strap and rivet heads are on the 



Fig. ]8G. 

 ISRONZE HORN. 



Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. 



:vHus, Ancient Bronze Iniplemenis, fi;;. 440. 



Fig. 187. 

 HORN OF HAMiMERED SHEET BRONZE. 



Length, (J feet. 



In Musfum r.f Siien.v an.l Art, DiiWin. Wilde, CaUIogue of Antiquities, Royal Irish Arademy, pp. i)25-627, 630, fig. 527, No.s. 



inside {a), with no strap on the outside. The edges are brought close 

 together, holes punched, jrivets inserted and hammered down (h). The 

 mouthpieces of figs. 187 and 189 both were lost. 

 Fig. 191 represents a hollow tube similar in appearance to that in 



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