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839611
  • Title
    Powder horn scrimshaw, n.d.
  • Call number
    DR 162
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    pre-1952 [i.e. pre-1870]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    839611
  • Issue Copy
    Copy print : SPF/Coats of arms, crests & badges - Australia
    Copy print : Powder horns, pre-1952
  • Physical Description
    1 scrimshaw - 43 x 8 cm - powder horn
  • 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
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