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Engraved powder horn with strap (

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Title

Engraved powder horn with strap

Description

Convex wooden stopper (with cork in hole) in large end. Many engravings in horn. no cork for small end. Large stopper held by 6 small nails. Horn split + a piece missing. Gut shoulder strap. Design: Lettering "IS" or "JS", Crescent moon, fox-like animal, fish, dog, bird in tree, overlapping scallops at base near plug. Emblem: Patriotic eagle holding arrows in one claw and branch in other. Ringed by a circle with the following inscription "Ah Egough Elough Glough (?) 1803 IAN_" A: Horn B: Cork; Metal attachment on plug is probably part of a pocket watch. Horn has been scraped thin so that when held up to light, the remaining powder is easily seen. Scraping acts as indicator gauge. Comments by: Russ Young (Historian, Route 19 Box 89WY, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505)983-7723 )

Date

1803

Collection

Conner Prairie

	Location	Indiana , United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 59′ 03.5″ N, 86° 01′ 52.8″ W
	Established	1930
	Website	www.connerprairie.org
	Authority file	: Q5161775 ISNI: 0000000404811820

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Conner Prairie as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Indiana Memory.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: cd2ed0952979e4a9501d5e88aaa80468
Conner Prairie identifier: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/CPTCPR/id/187

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