Powder Horn, 1775
date: label: Date made
content: 1775
name: label: maker; user
content: Highe, Daniel
label: maker
content: Highe, Daniel
label: maker
content: Highe, Daniel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Colonial laws required free men of all classes to serve in local militias. Minutemen used powder horns such as this one, made and used by Daniel Higbe of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1775.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.290572
label: catalog number
content: 290572
label: accession number
content: 59640
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Horn
label: Object Name
content: powder horn
label: Object Type
content: horn
label: Other Terms
content: Horn; Accoutrements
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: horn, animal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 in; 35.56 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm