Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.19
- Place of Origin:
- Pennsylvania (probably)
- Date:
- 1750-1850
- Description:
- Powder horn. Light streaky horn, no decoration. Capped with wood at wide end, beaded at edge. Leather band around center, stitched together and tightly fastened to horn. Separate carved piece of horn screws to tip end. Long and tapered. Plain, slim wooden stopper in tip. Modern leather strap fastened to staple in wooden cap and around tip below screw-on, whitish in color. Prominent lengthwise crack.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn
Leather
Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-2.75 W-6.5 L-13.5 Dia-3.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Powder horns
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