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1800-1850
GUSN-2566
Powder horn with attached string. Piece of horn (light shading to dark) fitted with handcarved wooden spout. Large end has wooden plug fastened by tiny nails. "New" string tied to spout end and knotted through carved string holder on large end.
powder horns
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
horn (animal material)
Horn, Powder
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
12 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.747
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