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Carved powder-horn carried by a Scottish soldier in North America

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Carved powder-horn carried by a Scottish soldier in North America
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Powder-horns were used to carry gunpowder for use in flintlock firearms, and were frequently made from cow horn. This one is carved with the names of Jonathon Webb and James Cameron, 42nd Royal Highlanders, and bears the date 1 September 1758.

It is hung on an American Indian woman's burden strap, decorated with moose-hair embroidery and trade beads, in the style of the Iroquois or Huron people.

Scottish soldiers were part of the British forces in North America in the Seven Years' War, which broke out in North America in 1755, a year earlier than in Europe. British victory in the War, in 1763, finally removed French influence from North America.

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