Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Luce Center
Powder horn
Object Number:
1983.8
Date:
1776
Medium:
Horn, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 13 in. ( 7 x 10.8 x 33 cm )
Description:
Carved horn powder horn with wooden cover over one end, with metal arch at the center encircled with metal studs, wood secured to horn with metal studs; horn incised with a ship, buildings and New York fort around the bottom; spout end ribbed in zig-zag pattern.
Gallery Label:
This powder horn was made and used by Daniel Parke in New York City.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Provenance:
Purchased from Guthman Americana, 1983
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
