Rozhok Horn: Museum Object and Cultural History
Rozhok Horn: date made: 19th century. Object Name: horn. Physical Description: grass or stalk (reed material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This horn was made by an unknown maker in Ukraine, 19th century. The accession file lists this as a Rozhok horn. It is made of elder wood with a cow horn bell, with 6 fingerholes and 1 thumbhole.
This instrument was acquired through exchange from the Lubny Museum of Ukraine, in 1896. The Lubny Museum was founded by Katerina Mikolaivna Skarzhynskaya (neé Reiser) and her husband N. G. Skarzhynski in 1874. The couple continued to amass collections through 1881. The Lubny Museum was a private museum with free admission. In 1905 the collections were given to the Poltava Regional Museum.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 19th century
- Object Name: horn
- Physical Description: grass or stalk (reed material)
- Physical Description: wood, elder (overall material)
- Physical Description: horn, cow (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 1/4 in x 1 15/16 in; 26.035 cm x 4.92125 cm
- place made: Ukraine
- ID Number: MI.096467
- accession number: 30688
- catalog number: 96467
- Credit Line: Lubny Museum
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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