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Actions	Deskford Carnyx, a bronze Iron Age trumpet-bell Remove from selection Add to selection Object number2011.026 TitleDeskford Carnyx, a bronze Iron Age trumpet-bell Descriptionheadpiece or bell of a bronze war trumpet in the shape of a boar's head, crest and ears missing. The head would originally have been mounted on a hollow wooden shaft with a curve at the apex. The tongue vibrated when the trumpet was blown, sending out an ullulating noise. Found in 1816 at Leichestown Farm, Deskford, while digging for peat, the Carnyx is at present on loan to the National Museum of Scotland from Aberdeenshire Museums Service. Iron Age. Production date AD 80 - AD 200 Production periodIron Age Object namecarnyx Materialbronze

Object number2011.026

TitleDeskford Carnyx, a bronze Iron Age trumpet-bell

Descriptionheadpiece or bell of a bronze war trumpet in the shape of a boar's head, crest and ears missing. The head would originally have been mounted on a hollow wooden shaft with a curve at the apex. The tongue vibrated when the trumpet was blown, sending out an ullulating noise. Found in 1816 at Leichestown Farm, Deskford, while digging for peat, the Carnyx is at present on loan to the National Museum of Scotland from Aberdeenshire Museums Service. Iron Age.

Production date AD 80 - AD 200

Production periodIron Age

Object namecarnyx

Materialbronze

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