Lyre horns
Horns that grow outward and then curve upward like the arms of a lyre.
Also: lyre-shaped horns
Lyre horns grow out sideways from the poll, then curve upward and often slightly outward at the tips, so the pair looks like the frame of an ancient lyre. The shape is typical of Hungarian Grey, Podolian and Maremmana cattle, of the Ankole and other sanga breeds, and of Indian breeds such as the Kankrej, whose lyre-shaped horns are a breed mark. Lyre horns appear on Bronze Age figures and on cattle painted in Egyptian tombs. At festivals they are a natural frame for decoration: at an Almabtrieb or at Pola, horns are hung with ribbons and bells or painted in bands of colour.