An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 195.—Stone moulds. Ireland. 6 inches long. attained in this art in the Bronze Age is well exempli-fied by the Bronze Trumpets discovered in Ireland andScandinavia (Fig. 198). Those from Denmark are longconical horns, straight or curved, called lurer by theDanish antiquaries. Some of them are six feet or more inlength, and curved at both ends. At the larger end, thebell-mouth, is a disk, sometimes ornamented ; at the narrowend is the mouth-piece which is not movable. These in- 168 PREHISTORIC ART struments, when of any length, were not cast
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . Fig. 195.—Stone moulds. Ireland. 6 inches long. attained in this art in the Bronze Age is well exempli-fied by the Bronze Trumpets discovered in Ireland andScandinavia (Fig. 198). Those from Denmark are longconical horns, straight or curved, called lurer by theDanish antiquaries. Some of them are six feet or more inlength, and curved at both ends. At the larger end, thebell-mouth, is a disk, sometimes ornamented ; at the narrowend is the mouth-piece which is not movable. These in- 168 PREHISTORIC ART struments, when of any length, were not cast in one piece,but were composed of sections joined together. In somecases the metal throughout its length, except at the mouth-piece and bell, is not more than a millimetre thick. Thatconsiderable skill is required to cast metal cylinders so thinis obvious : all the more so when there is a regular increase
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