Type of horn

[Rick Son]

Watching Bonanza the other day and seen on other good westerns you will see a big horn with silver at the tip and open end,was or is there some type of ceremonial reason for those,or the first beef sluaghtered at the ranch,if they were for drinking how were the insides treated to do so,why did they have them??

 

[Billnpatti]

From what little that I have read and seen, these are drinking horns. They originated in Europe and were used by the Vikings among others. I know of no special ceremony for their use, especially during the time depicted in the TV western series. I think it was probably meant to be more of a decoration than an actual drinking horn.

 

[Rick Son]

Maybe that was they're antique collection I see them as props all the time,like the movie ~Duel in the Sun~

 

[Stophel]

Because anything made of cow horn is just Old-West-cowboy lookin', and that's good enough for tv/movie producers.

 

[tenngun]

'We got no beer we got no ale
come on Swin lets go raid wales
lets go a viking'
Was that the words to the bonanza song?
'tremble at my big long sword(horn)'

 

[Claude Mathis]

Watching Bonanza the other day and seen on other good westerns you will see a big horn with silver at the tip and open end,was or is there some type of ceremonial reason for those,or the first beef sluaghtered at the ranch,if they were for drinking how were the insides treated to do so,why did they have them??

People had them, because they drank from them... :wink:

Poor people had plain one - rich people had fancy. After they were no longer in fashion (or needed), people collected them.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dr...-4C4CA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1250&bih=948&dpr=1

 

[Rick Son]

OK Rick F. make a few of these :hatsoff:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200706T02.html

 

[rickystl]

I hope he see's this. That cup looks really neat!

 

[Claude Mathis]

http://www.customdrinkinghorns.com/pastprojects.htm

 

[Wes/Tex]

Way cool! What do the runes say? :thumbsup: :wink:

 

[Billnpatti]

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Looks a lot like a shofar.