Hämeenkyrö
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Hämeenkyrö is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located 36 kilometres from Tampere. The municipality has a population of 10,258 and covers an area of 505.10 square
The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate F. E. Sillanpää
Drinking horn
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A drinking horn is the horn of a bovid or antler of an ungulate used as a drinking vessel. Drinking horns are known from classical antiquity, especially the Balkans. They remained in use for ceremonia
Hämeenkyrö
…The neighboring municipalities of Hämeenkyrö are Ikaalinen, Nokia, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The drinking horn depicting coat of arms of Hämeenkyrö was designed by Gustaf von Numers and it was confirmed in 1954. After the wars, the evacuated Karelian population…
The Roordahuizum drinking horn, made in the mid-16th century by silversmith Albert Jacobs Canter, kept in the Frisian Museum at Leeuwarden
Drinking horn with silver-gilt mounts (detail), Northern German or Scandinavian, late 15th century, The Hunt Museum
Collection of drawings of Scythian stelae of the 6th to 5th centuries BC. Many of them depict warriors holding a drinking horn in their right hand.
The Hochdorf drinking horn (iron with sheet gold ornaments, capacity 5.5 litres)