An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)
Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 216
of these horns have been recovered fromthe peat bogs of Denmark, fourteen of which were in ex-cellent condition due to their being preserved in thismedium. How thorough the preservation has been is ^Also 8 specimens, for the most part fragmentary, from SouthSweden, and some small specimens from… … ^ Fig. 198.—Bronze lur. Denmark. 170 PREHISTORIC ART shown by the fact that they can now be played upon.Every midsummer day in the court of the museum atCopenhagen a concert is held at which the instrumentsused are these prehistoric trumpets. After being buriedfor thousands of years in the bowels…
Art, Primitive
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