Easiest way would be to stick something up there, that looks like a horn. A broomstick or something like that. In fact, what does that horn actually look like? Nature doesn't really dictate that. The last unicorns seem to have wandered this earth in medieval times. Albertus Magnus seems to have encountered one.
Common features are, that they are quite long and have a helical trench. Inspirational source might have been the narwhal. But their horn to overall length ratio looks impractical applied to a hose.
From a evolutionary perspective there must be some reasons for an equidae to carry one. We might get back to that discussion later...
Never the less, with narwhals in mind, most of the modern, pink-sparkling versions of unicorns hopping through the internet look awfully short horned. I leave it to the reader to fire up google and take a glimpse at that madness.
Requirements so far:
- long (around the length of the head)
- helical carving(s)
- light, multiple reasons (safety,...)
- weather proof, should be up there at least 10% the time it took to build it before it disintegrates by itself
- inspiring, cause there are a lot more horses our there to enhance...
Most importantly we don't want to damage the original statue. So no hot glue, drilling holes or other unholy practices.
Strapping the horn to the head seems to be the best option. We ain't no engineers but it's pretty obvious that getting rid of the forces, both gravitation and occasional wind, can only be done with a big enough lever. In other words: the horn has to be attached to a platform, providing a sufficiently wide base, transferring the forces to the head.
Apparently the key difficulty is to make a platform closely matching the geometry of the head.
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