Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder horn
Object Number:
1953.319
Date:
ca. 1836
Medium:
Horn, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 11 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 29.5 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Carved horn powder horn with wooden cover; cover has a metal loop at the center; horn incised on all sides with a shield-breasted eagle with a banner in its beak reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM", above a scene on a man hunting deer with a bow and arrow, with "BLACK HAWK" above his head; maker's name inscribed below.
Gallery Label:
The images incised on this powder horn commemorates the Black Hawk War, waged in 1832. The horn was carved by Timothy Tansel (ca. 1809-1852), who came from a large family of powder horn carvers.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
