Horn for gunpowder, of very dark brown horn with a ?wooden base and a spring pourer with iron pin. For attached objects see 1934.12.30.1-11 [SM 02/11/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Horn for gunpowder, of very dark brown horn with a ?wooden base and a spring pourer with iron pin. For attached objects see 1934.12.30.1-11 [SM 02/11/2007]
Long description: Leather bandolier belt, with other objects attached by metal rivets and loops. The belt itself, 1934.12.30 .1, is of leather. The other objects are attached to it by metal rivets and loops. The powder flask, 1934.12.30 .2, has a body of leather and a neck of soft leather or textile. It has a pouring tube of incised metal. The powder horn, 1934.12.30 .3 is of very dark brown horn with a ?wooden base. It has a spring pourer. The priming horn, 1934.12.30 .4, is of lighter horn also with a ?wooden base and a spring pourer. The charge holders 1934.12.30 .5 - .11 are of metal, cone shaped, open at the narrow end of the cone. All except 1934.12.30 .6 and 1934.12.30 .7 have textile stoppers attached to the metal loop (at the top of the charge holder attaching it to the belt) with a leather strip. [MdeA]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person: Field collector Ellen Margaret Fitzadam-Ormiston; PRM source Ellen Margaret Fitzadam-Ormiston
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: 1905 Darjeeling
Acquisition information: Donated: 1934
Materials and processes: Material Animal Horn, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 171 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1934.12.30.3

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