Behind every piece there are skilled hands. The Uruguayan horn-worker inherits a tradition that comes from the medieval horners and became criolla with the gaucho: he knows the horn, reads its grain, and decides — horn in hand — whether a canteen, a mate or a bird lives inside it.
Pablo Larrosa
A horn craftsman, filmed at work for this museum: from cutting to carving, the complete process of a piece.
Claudio del Pup, the collector
The curator of this collection, interviewed for the Museos-Ciudad series, tells how a passion for folk art in horn became this museum.