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This powder horn was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2021. It has lost its provenience, the record of ownership, and while this is disappointing, it can still be used for teaching purposes and as an example of an early archeological item in Kansas. The powder horn is a container for gunpowder for muzzle-loading guns and was succeeded in popularity by mass-produced powder flasks in the early 1800s.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 510396
Call Number: 2021.C Murphy donation 6 3/8" x 1 7/8"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 510396
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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