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California Modoc Painted Bows

Nez Perce Corn Husk Flat Bag

Apache Burden Basket

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Cowan's Auction Items: Part Two

FREDERICK HUMPHRY/1776 ENGRAVED POWDER HORN. 12" length, engrailed edge and a double raised ring. Engraved with Fredrick Humphry junr. His Horn Made at Mount Independent Novembery AD 1776, Ticonder and Mountindepedent. Original wood plug with iron D-shaped ring in plug. 

Other engravings on the horn include a pine tree, a flowering plant and the shores of the lower end of Lake Champlain. On one shore is the label for Ticonderoga; the opposite shore shows "Mountindependent." The borders probably represent the lake shore as far as Humphrey's eye could see from the hill (at that time cleared of tree cover). On the Independence side are the horseshoe-shaped battery with the saw-tooth battery nearer on the shore and possibly one of the workshops. 

AMERICAN EAGLE HEAD SWORD. 33" curved blade with three fullers, brass handle and pieced cross guard with crude eagle head pommel. This sword has all of the characteristics of being made by Prahl; ca 1780-1800. 

KENTUCKY FLINTLOCK RIFLE. .50 caliber smoothbore, 42" octagonal-to-round barrel, no markings on barrel, Lock marked Stafford Warranted. Brass patchbox, buttplate, triggerguard, sideplate, six silver inlays with a silver star inlayed on the cheek piece. Barrel held to stock by three wedges. Full curly maple stock with a slight Roman nose.

BRITISH REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA BRASS GORGET. With royal cipher of King George III.

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10" length, engrailed edge, raised ring, wood plug. Engraved "First I was wore by an ox in full pride but now I am filled full of powder and wore by a soldier" His horn 3 regt. Engraved with trees and vines and a man. A lion on both sides of a crown.

Leather; hand-sewn with a piping of leather added over the seams. Eagle embossed on the front of the pouch; the flap embossed with floral designs.

Colonial barrel banded canteen with wooden plug. 8.5" diameter x 4.25" depth.

Lockplate is 9.75" in length and has markings on the rear of lockplate in the shape of a heart divided into four sections and the letters V E I C appear in the four sections of heart. Lockplate is also dated 1793 and marked Memory.

.45 caliber, 43" octagonal barrel, marked on top of barrel 6" from the breech a signature brass escutcheon inlayed with John Armstrong in script. Forward action percussion lock with "JA"engraved in script on the lockplate and engraved hammer. Barrel held to stock by four wedges, pig tail trigger, brass triggerguard, buttplate, engraved patchbox, engraved toe plate, engraved sideplate, brass nose cap and thimbles. Silver thumb plate, silver oval with engraved eagle inlayed on the cheek piece. Raised carving on the left side of the buttstock, a checkered pattern under cheek piece, raised carving around the tang, and behind the rear thimble. Incised carved lines running parallel on both sides of barrel. Curly maple full stock

Tansel Engraved Powder Horn. 12.5" horn, engraved with dogs chasing deer. E. Pluribus Unum engraved in banner with eagle and shield. Raised ring; with wood plug.

.40 caliber, 45.5" octagonal barrel, no markings, front sight has a nice punch dot border. No markings on lockplate. Full stock Walnut with iron furniture. A patch hole in the right side of stock. No butt plate.

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