id: 154774 accession number: 1989.351 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.351 updated: 2023-01-11 06:38:53.606000 Powder horn, 1600s-1700s. India, Mughal, 17th-18th century. Jadeite, iron inlaid with brass; overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.351 title: Powder horn title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1600s-1700s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1800 current location: creditline: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal, 17th-18th century technique: Jadeite, iron inlaid with brass department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Jade find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection opening date: 1990-07-05T04:00:00 The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990). title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1989 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1989- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Like the firearms themselves, powder horns were made as courtly accessories to be worn as objects of beauty. Most Mughal nobles also served as military commanders, and accouterments of war would be worn as part of their formal attire. For this reason, artisans used precious materials such as white jade, which in this example has been carved with leaf and petal patterns, its natural black inclusions treated as ornament. Pressing down on the simple mechanism opens the hollow inner chamber from which small amounts of gunpowder were administered into the pan of a matchlock musket. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.351/1989.351_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.351/1989.351_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.351/1989.351_full.tif