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Powder Horn

Mi'kmaq
Nova Scotia

ca. 1825

glass beads, horsehair, commercial wool cloth

width: 11 ¾"

Inventory # W1210

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acquired by the Maine State Museum, Augusta, ME


PROVENANCE

Fred Boschan Collection, Lafayette Hill, PA John Arietta, London, England
Potter's Museum, Bramber, England (most likely given to the museum by Rev. Cannon J. Penfold, vicar of Steyning, Sussex, from 1792 until 1841)

This powder horn appears to be an exceptionally rare and possibly unique example.