What is Lion head horn?

The lion head horn is an undecorated silver horn that has a flaring rim and tapers down to the tip. It curves at an obtuse angle, and its lower extremity is inserted into the back of the gold lion head, and fixed with four gold rivets. The vase is not properly a rhyton, since no secondary orifice is present. A hole on the upper left canine of the lion is very small for effective pouring: it seems accidental. The ferocious animal is shown with open mouth, prominent canines and protruding tongue, in a grimace shared by animals and monsters of the Archaic Greek art. The wrinkled skin on both sides of the muzzle with its triangular nostrils are rendered as continuous lines and dots. Similar dots run along the upper half of the mouth contour, while the lower half shows a chased pattern of minuscule ovals. Punched circles and hatching appear in the mouth's interior. The eyes are almond-shaped, and two low, circular protuberances on the forehead are covered with hatching. The semicircular ears have three radial lines in their interior. The mane is rendered as a plastic collar of triangular section. Its front and back sides are covered with finely chiseled, stylized hair locks.