839611
- TitlePowder horn scrimshaw, n.d.
- Call numberDR 162
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
pre-1952 [i.e. pre-1870] - Type of material
- Reference code839611
- Issue CopyCopy print : SPF/Coats of arms, crests & badges - Australia
Copy print : Powder horns, pre-1952 - Physical Description1 scrimshaw - powder horn - 43 x 8 cm
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Alphanumeric designations
From 7c(b) -- on the reverse of the original Catalog card - Signatures / Inscriptions
Curved horn with etched New South Wales coat-of-arms flanked by emu and kangaroo bearers, on the front of the horn above the base. Below is the motto: "Advance Australia". Carved decoration on the neck and rim of the base, the latter secured by nails. Base covered with material and has small hole hole in centre. Four maroon tassels attached to a metal ring at the top of the horn near the opening.
Note written in Sir William Dixson's hand at: Note in folder held by manuscripts cataloguer with uncatalogued Dixson notes -- on the reverse of the Catalog card - Date note
Dated from the year of Sir William Dixson's death and the date of obsolescence of powder horns - Subject
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