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Forester's horn
19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Oxhorn
Dimensions
Length 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1965
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionMade of ox-horn without mounts. No mouthpiece; the embouchure is formed by the sawing off of the horn tip.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)