gunpowder-horn
- Museum number
- As1935,0408.32
- Description
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Powder horn made of wood.
- Production date
- 1850-1915
- Dimensions
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Height: 6 centimetres
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Weight: 60 grammes
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Width: 19 centimetres
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Depth: 4.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register says: " Collected the late Sir Bertram S. Carey KCIE 30 yrs ago (c.1905). See "The Chin Hills by B.S.Carey & H.N. Tuck (Rangoon, 1896) p.225. Coarse powder for pouring down the barrel is carried in a horned flask, ornamented. Fine powder for priming the ? of the gun, "carried in the dainty (?) horn of the gourd".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1935,0408.32
