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Powder Horn

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Powder Horn by an unknown artist. The image shows a curved, tapered object resembling an animal horn. The object is mostly a light brown color, becoming darker at the left end. A dark brown metal object is at the very left end. A dark brown wooden object with concentric rings around it is at the right end. The wooden object has a small hole in the center. There are two thin gold lines around the area where the wooden object meets the horn. The background of the image is light gray.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
Horn (cow), wood, steel
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 337 px
Public Domain
Yes
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