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Powder Horn

This powder horn is decorated with a dragon, among other animals and birds.

Credit: The Collection of J. H. Grenville Gilbert, of Ware, Massachusetts, Gift of Mrs. Gilbert, 1937

1759
Horn (cow), wood
34.6cm
37.131.11
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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