id:			154774
accession number:	1989.351
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.351
updated:		2022-09-10 11:04:14.682000

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
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creation date:			1600s-1700s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1800
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	India, Mughal, 17th-18th century
technique:	Jadeite, iron inlaid with brass
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. 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
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989-
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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.
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