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Etruscan cornu

Etruscan cornu.jpg The African elephant (Elephas Africanus) with rider mounted on its backThumbnailsSingle perforated pipeThe African elephant (Elephas Africanus) with rider mounted on its backThumbnailsSingle perforated pipeThe African elephant (Elephas Africanus) with rider mounted on its backThumbnailsSingle perforated pipe

The flutes of the Etruscans were not unfrequently made of ivory; those used in religious sacrifices were of box-wood, of a species of the lotus, of ass’ bone, bronze and silver. A bronze flute, somewhat resembling our flageolet, has been found in a tomb; likewise a huge trumpet of bronze. An Etruscan cornu is deposited in the British museum, and measures about four feet in length.