Shepherd with cane and horn

Unknown (Roman)


Item type:
mosaic
Date of creation:
ca. 160
Technique / Medium:
small stones on gypsum
Place of creation:
Orbe-Boscéaz (Vaud, Schweiz)

    Item location

  • Mosaïques romaines d'Orbe-Boscéaz
    see also http://www.patrimoine.vd.ch/?id=4985

Description

A herdsman blowing a horn with large bell. The instrument is a kind of short alpine horn.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Alphorn [4372]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Bachmann-Geiser, Brigitte. Das Alphorn: Vom Lock- zum Rockinstrument (Bern: Haupt, 1999) 19.

RIdIM record id

4305