Horn, Powder
- Object Name:
- Horn, Powder
- Object ID:
- 1965.532.17
- Date:
- 1746
- Description:
- Powder horn. Dark golden horn, mottled with brown, pronounced curve. Plugged with flat wooden oval at wide end, shaped with collar at tip end, stopper missing, groove below collar still retains tightly wound on string. Iron screw eye in plug at wide end. Incised decoration: chicken-like bird, hatch marks, scallops, abstract marks, etc. Inscribed in three rectangles, two of which are filled with dots: "1746 / Amasa Parr(o)". The "o" is not clear and may or may not be part of the name. End plug inscribed in script - unreadable.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Horn
Fiber - Dimensions:
- H-2.5 W-3.5 L-9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Parr, Amasa, Parro, Amasa
- Subjects:
- Powder horns, Birds
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