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Powder Horn
c 1800

This horn was used for carrying gunpowder for a musket of the late 18th-early 19th centuries. It could be used for hunting or military purposes.

George Washington Parke Custis was an avid hunter and would have carried a horn like this during his hunts.

Horn. L 22.5, D 1.7 cm
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, ARHO 285