Brooch, also known as a fibula, of silver, it is of a special type called a trumpet brooch, this is due to the shape of the head which protects the spring, it could have been worn as a pair, linked to its partner by a chain, from Ayrshire, Roman, 80 - 180 AD

Pukaea or trumpet of wood, bound with varnished flax and decorated with carving and paua shell: Polynesia, New Zealand, Rotorua, Māori, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāpuhi, by Henry Pona, c. 1993

Dung-chen (trumpet) of copper, one of pair, ornamented with chased brass mounts, used in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies: India, Ladakh, Leh, Spituk Monastery, Tibetan, late 19th century AD

Dung-chen (trumpet) of copper, one of pair, ornamented with chased brass mounts, used in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies: India, Ladakh, Leh, Spituk Monastery, Tibetan, late 19th century AD

Trumpet of bronze with two interlaced pipes terminating in fish heads: South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar, 19th century

Dung dkar (trumpet), conch shell with decorated silver mounts, dung dkar are played in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies: India, early - mid 20th century AD

Trumpet of triton shell with one finger hole and a double handle of plaited sinnet attached: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Horn or trumpet of elephant ivory carved with groups of figures arranged in six tiers around the horn with mouth piece on the side of narrow end: Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Loango

Wooden trumpet or whistle with five finger-holes, partly covered with skin: Africa, Malawi

Shell trumpet, pierced at one end: Oceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, Aneityum, late 19th century

Trumpet, triton shell with carved wooden mouthpiece in form of face with protruding tongue, inlaid haliotis shell and mouthpiece fixed with flax binding, probably of European make as, although reminscient of Māori pu tatara, the carving is not authentic: Oceania, Polynesia, New Zealand, early 20th century

Horn or trumpet of elephant ivory or ombeya, with carved knife shaped point, notched along either side of mouth piece which is decorated with two carved bands of vertical stripes: Africa, Southern Central Africa, Sudan, Zande, Azande people, late 19th - early 20th century

Dhungchen (telescopic trumpet) of copper, with brass ornaments: Central Asia, Tibet, early 20th century

One of a pair of horns of carved and polished hard wood, with representation of seated female figure wearing five strand glass bead necklace: African, Central Africa, grasslands of central Cameroon, Bamileke

One of a pair of horns of carved and polished hard wood, with representation of seated male figure wearing three strand glass bead necklace: African, Central Africa, grasslands of central Cameroon, Bamileke

Romano-British copper-alloy trumpet brooch, plain with full acanthus moulding, pin lost but spring intact, found by metal-detecting at Torwoodlee, Caddonfoot, Selkirkshire