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horn, powder

human history
  • Other Name

    scrimshaw powder horn (alternative)

    R. Rintoul, Royal Artillery, Cape of Good Hope, Africa, 1847 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    powder horn

    mottled creamed and black horn, hollowed; wooden plug at base with leather piece nailed to plug surface; carved suspension rings at base and tip; ribbed carving leading to tip; scrimshaw illustrations: design of cannon with Royal Artillery motto on scroll above cannon: QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT / UBIQUE; text on either side of cannon: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AFRICA / R. RINTOUL ROYAL ARTILLERY, date below on left: 1847; below all is design of serpent with branches.

  • Place
    Cape of Good Hope/Cape Province/Republic of South Africa
  • Associated Place

    Cape of Good Hope/Cape Province/Republic of South Africa

  • Accession Date
    Circa 1875
  • Other Id

    10941 (ethnology)

  • Department

    History

    War History

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • horn, powder, 10941, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 07 Dec 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 10941, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 07 Dec 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • horn, powder, 10941, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 07 Dec 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
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