Can anyone help with this POWDER HORN please ?

thinreadline · 22nd October 2019, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

Size? Smaller ones were used for finer grind priming powder.

this measures about 20 inches around the outside curve

kronckew · 22nd October 2019, 06:37 PM

Sounds like a horn for the primary charges.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 23rd October 2019, 07:13 AM

I read somewhere that these were pirates powder horns>>> theres one on forum Please see ETHNOGRAPHIC MISCELLANEOUS AT #2 or below from a hotel Foye near Casablanca.

Kubur · 23rd October 2019, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

I read somewhere that these were pirates powder horns>>> theres one on forum Please see ETHNOGRAPHIC MISCELLANEOUS AT #2 or below from a hotel Foye near Casablanca.

Moroccan + Salé = pirates
again right, but these powder flasks were used all over North Africa...

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 23rd October 2019, 10:46 AM

A correction to my reference is http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20430 and t #2 I show pictures of these.

23rd October 2019, 07:13 AM	#3
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	I read somewhere that these were pirates powder horns>>> theres one on forum Please see ETHNOGRAPHIC MISCELLANEOUS AT #2 or below from a hotel Foye near Casablanca. Attached Images Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 23rd October 2019 at 07:29 AM.

22nd October 2019, 06:37 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,216	Sounds like a horn for the primary charges.

23rd October 2019, 10:46 AM	#5
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	A correction to my reference is http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20430 and t #2 I show pictures of these.