Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Luce Center
Powder horn
Object Number:
1951.471
Date:
1780
Medium:
Horn, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 x 11 1/4 in. ( 7 x 12.7 x 28.6 cm )
Marks:
incised: across the length of one section: "HENRY : MCNEEL : HIS : HORN : / MADE : TOTOWA : NOVEMBER : / the 9 : the year : 1780"
Description:
Carved horn powder horn with wooden cover at one end, nail secures a piece of leather fragment at the center; horn incised throughout with images of a town, hunting, and ships sailing; spout end is carved with a rib.
Gallery Label:
This powder horn was used by Henry McNeel of Totowa, New Jersey. He was a private in the New Jersey militia, and later served in the Continental Army from Huntersdon, New Jersey.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
