Wonderful Antique Wooden Horn in Original Paint with Bentwood Handle --Loud! postcard signed rene stakes and odds for playing

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perfectly imperfect things

I'm not sure why the two holes on either side of the lid and on the lip of the box too--but might guess they were used to bind the lid to the box

they sure look powerful and full of life to me

Wonderful Antique Wooden Horn in Original Paint with Bentwood Handle --Loud! postcard signed rene stakes and odds for playingHappy New Year! This antique wooden horn is a fun one to play, trumpeting very loudly, rather like a kazoo, and with a finger hole too for wavering the sound. Which was a happy discovery; I purchased it, sound unheard, just because I found it quite beautiful. Turned carved from one piece of wood, in original creamy white paint, and with a great bentwood (bent reed?) handle that enhances a sense of specialness. A sweet thing. 11 1 2" t. 1 7 8" d at