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Bronze Age Artefacts From The Iron Age: - Coggle Diagram
Bronze Age Artefacts From The Iron Age:
The Loughnashade Trumpet:
The trumpet is over 6 feet long and contains over 600 rivets along the length of the tube.
It is likely that the trumpet was s-shaped and played with the two parts bending in the opposite directions.
Found in County Armagh in the 18th Century.
Form:
Two curved tubes of bronze are joined in the middle and form an elongated shape that opens to the trumpet mouth.
Function:
Probably used as an
instrument of war
for
signaling
during battle.
Technique:
Sheet of bronze was
rolled
to make the tube. This was then riveted to a strip of metal on the inside.
Decoration:
A rimmed circular disc at the trumpet mouth is decorated with
high-relief
repoussé
curvilinear
designs. The design features the
pelta, spirals
, and
plant forms.
The high-relief designs on the trumpet mouth were applied using the
repoussé
technique.
The Petrie Crown:
Form:
Two circular
concave-shaped discs
, 5 cm in diameter are mounted on a
band of bronze
with a
concial horn
behind one.
Function:
It is considered to have been a
crown
and may have been worn for
ceremonial occasions.
Decoration:
All pieces are decorated in
low-relief curvilinear
patterns which were
cut away
rather than repousséed on low-relief
stylised birds heads
feature at the end of the
spirals
and
trumpet curves.
The discs have
individual patterns
. There is a setting for a
bead
on one, and a
stud of red enamel
in the central boss of the other. Coincidentally, this is the
first example of the enamel work
in Ireland.
Techniques:
Concave discs were (likely)
hammered
into shape.
A
sheet
of bronze was
folded
into the conical shape and
riveted
to an under sheet of
copper
.
The raised designs were created by
cutting back
the
surrounding metal.