Horn (music), blast / rim mount

Description

Rim mount of silver, for an Anglo-Saxon blast horn, from Burghead, 850 - 890 AD

Museum reference

X.IL 214

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Horn (music), blast / rim mount

Date

850 - 890

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Collection place(s)

Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• The Kingdoms of the Northern Picts (20 Jan 2015 - 31 May 2015)
  The Old Town House

• Creative Spirit: Revealing Early Medieval Scotland (25 Oct 2013 - 23 Feb 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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