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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Powder horn with carved animals
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Powder horn with carved animals

Date17th century
Maker Indian
Label TextDogs—with teeth bared, hair bristling, and ears laid back—chase after their prey. The sequence of animals skillfully added to this horn may relate to chivalric hunting scenes in European woodcuts, which were furnished to Indian artists by their European patrons.
Object number47.19
Provenance[Heeramaneck Galleries, New York]; purchased from gallery with funds from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsL.: 10 1/4 in.
MediumIvory
Image Not Available for Powder horn carved with human & animal forms
Powder horn carved with human & animal forms
Object number: 59.126
Image Not Available for Powder horn
Powder horn
inscribed 1712
Object number: 48.218
Casket, carved
Casket, carved
Indian
early 17th century
Object number: 58.26
Powder Horn, Christian Scenes
Powder Horn, Christian Scenes
16th century
Object number: 59.125
Standing female Janus figure with horn of magic
Standing female Janus figure with horn of magic
Object number: 68.34
Hunting horn
Hunting horn
16th century
Object number: 62.129
Carved arm rest
Carved arm rest
Chinese
Object number: 35.278.1
Carved arm rest
Carved arm rest
Chinese
Object number: 35.278.2
Image Not Available for Round carved box
Round carved box
Chinese
ca. 18th century
Object number: 48.87
Carved Ivory (Netsuke), Fox disguised as a Buddhist nun.
Carved Ivory (Netsuke), Fox disguised as a Buddhist nun.
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 98.47.69
Open work carved cylinder; figures and birds
Open work carved cylinder; figures and birds
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.18
Image Not Available for Carved oval plaque
Carved oval plaque
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 49.72