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Powder keg

Collection Type

  • Armament

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-17942

Description

Powder keg, covered in brown leather. Leather embossed on both sides w/ image of deer and fowl hung by the feet after a kill. Metal neck painted gold, cork tip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

kegs
gunpowder
leather
hunting
Leather
Hunting
KEG, POWDER

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.25 x 3.5 x 0.375 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2076

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