. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC ART. 633 witliout descriptiou as to size, time, or place of finding-, or present deposit. It is given because of a different form from any heretofore shown. (iohl horns.—The chefs d'cinivre of prehistoric horns were the mag- niticent ones found, respectively, in 1639 and 1734, in the little village of. Fiy. 172. ox HORN WITH BRONZE MOUNTINGS, FOR EITHER MUSIC OR DRINKING. Gotland, Sweden. Moiiteliiis, AntUiuites Suedoises, II, p
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC ART. 633 witliout descriptiou as to size, time, or place of finding-, or present deposit. It is given because of a different form from any heretofore shown. (iohl horns.—The chefs d'cinivre of prehistoric horns were the mag- niticent ones found, respectively, in 1639 and 1734, in the little village of. Fiy. 172. ox HORN WITH BRONZE MOUNTINGS, FOR EITHER MUSIC OR DRINKING. Gotland, Sweden. Moiiteliiis, AntUiuites Suedoises, II, p. 114, fig. Sfila. hi size. Gallehuus, on the western coast and in the Duchy of Sleswick, near the boundary between Denmark and Germany. These instruments are, or were, so beautifnl and valuable, and their history so well authenticated, as to jus- tify their description. On July 20, 1639, a young girl of poor family named Kristine Sven- datter (daughter of Sve- non) left her house to go to the little village of Tonder. Walkinginher bare feet, she stubbed her toe against what she thought to be a root. She struck it a blow with her staff", gave an imprecation upon it, and passed on. Some days after- wards fate or luck caused her to pass the same way, and she struck her toe against the same object, which excited her indignation if not her wrath, and she determined to cut down or dig up the root which lay in the path of travelers and which on these two occasions had served her such a tr'u'M. She dug it out and found it to be this horn (fig. ITl). Cer- tain neighbors gave her their oi)ini<)n that it was a huntsman's old tin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian
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