Pocket Post Horn in G
This horn is 5 ½ feet long, but its tightly coiled tubing and small, oval-shaped bell enabled it to be carried with ease in a pocket. This compact form of the horn was used for the "small hunt" of rabbits, squirrels and other small game pursued on foot.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pocket Post Horn in G
- Maker: Giuseppe Pelitti (Italian, Varese 1811–1865 Milan)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Geography: Milan, Italy
- Culture: Italian
- Medium: Nickel-silver
- Dimensions: Height: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
Diameter: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm) - Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.2556
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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