Wismar horn fittings

Specimen Detail | SD221

Find Spot: Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Date of Find: 19th Century

Dating of Item: Early Bronze Age, based on Morphology and decoration

Current Location: Schwerin Museum, Nr. 80

Condition: Complete

Description: Mouthsupport, central ring and bell garland for a horn cast in bronze using lost wax. Bell garland is decorated with motifs typical of Nordic Bronze Age

Related Material: Morphologically similar to SD222

Citations: Oldeberg, 1947, 9; Behn 1954: Abb. 4; Sprockhoff, 1956, Abb. 60a; Broholm, 1949, 79, Figure 30.