Decorative arts

Powder Horn

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1777
Accession number: 2016.25.49
Maker: John Young(Opens in new tab) (American)
Dimensions: 3 × 13 × 3 in. (7.6 × 33 × 7.6 cm.)
Medium: horn
Description: Powder horn, with scrimshaw images of ships, animals, fish, town by a John Young, New England
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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