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• horn — hornish, adj. hornless, adj. hornlessness, n. hornlike, adj. /hawrn/, n. 1. one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep,… …   Universalium

• Horn — /hawrn/, n. Cape. See Cape Horn. * * * (as used in expressions) English horn French horn Horn of Africa Horn Cape * * * ▪ musical instrument group French  Cor,  German   …   Universalium

• Drinking horn — The Roordahuizum drinking horn, made in the mid 16th century by silversmith Albert Jacobs Canter, kept in the Frisian Museum at Leeuwarden[1] A drinking horn is the horn of a bovid used as a drinking vessel. Drinking horns are known from… …   Wikipedia

• Abbots Bromley Horn Dance — The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is an English folk dance involving antlers that takes place each year in Abbots Bromley, a small village in Staffordshire, England.OriginsThere are no recorded references to the dance prior to Robert Plot s Natural… …   Wikipedia

• Milton Horn — Creation of Adam, detail from Hymn to Water Milton Horn (September 1, 1906 – March 29, 1995) is a Russian American sculptor and artist known for work that, according to a 1957 citation of honor from the American Institute of Architects,… …   Wikipedia

• The Descent from the Cross (van der Weyden) — The Descent from the Cross c. 1435. Oil on oak panel, 220cm × 262 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid The Descent from the Cross (or Deposition of Christ, or Descent of Christ from the Cross) is a panel painting by the Flemish artist …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of bagpipe terms — This article defines a number of terms that are exclusive, or whose meaning is exclusive, to piping and pipers. compactTOC8 seealso=yes refs=yes extlinks=yesA; Arm Str Argyllshire Gathering: An annual highland games, held at Oban, Scotland every… …   Wikipedia

• History of primitive and non-Western trumpets — The chromatic trumpet of Western tradition is a fairly recent invention, but primitive trumpets of one form or another have been in existence for millennia; some of the predecessors of the modern instrument are now known to date back to the… …   Wikipedia

• art, African — ▪ visual arts Introduction       the visual arts of native Africa, particularly sub Saharan Africa, including such media as sculpture, painting, pottery, rock art, textiles, masks, personal decoration, and jewelry.       For more general… …   Universalium

• ivory carving — Carving of ivory into decorative or utilitarian objects. It has flourished since prehistoric times. Most Stone Age carvings have been found in southern France, in the forms of small nude female figures and animals. A masterpiece of early Egyptian …   Universalium

• Netsuke — A monkey shaped netsuke In this image, a man wears an inro …   Wikipedia