carnyx

thumb|Carnyx from the Tintignac group thumb|Three carnyx players depicted on plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron

The carnyx (: carnyces) is a wind instrument that was common in Celtic cultures during the Iron Age, between and . It is a type of trumpet made of bronze with an elongated S shape, held so that the long straight central portion was vertical and the short mouthpiece end section and the much wider bell were horizontal in opposed directions. The bell was styled in the shape of the head of an open-mouthed boar or other animal.