Monday, January 11, 2010

Barbarian Style

Drinking horn made from the horn of an aurochs, probably in the 6th century AD. From the British Museum's image collection.

2 comments:

kathy said...

One of my favorites. When I attended the Yale in London summer program I got to handle some of the Sutton Hoo collection, deep in the bowels of the British Museum. It was a the experience of a lifetime. Not this particular piece though

John said...

Wow, I'm jealous.