 | Drum (Snare)
The drum cylinder is made from brown varnished bent wood shell with a six and one half inch overlap secured with brass headed tacks arranged in vertical rows as well as in a circle around the ivory breather hole and in teardrop patterns above and below breather. Hoops are 1 and 1/2" high, red, and... |
 | Cartridge Box - Eagle, Cannon and Musical Instrument...
Cartridge box with two waist belt loops on reverse. Decoratively embossed cover flap and pine insert drilled to accommodate twenty four paper cartridges. Cover is decorated with American eagle, crossed cannons, drum, flags and musical instruments arranged into trophies of arms. Center of cover is... |
 | Model 1808 U.S. Government-Style Cartridge Box
Model 1808 U.S. Government-style cartridge box. Shaped rectangular leather pouch with covering flap, 2 1/4" wide shoulder belt for carrying, and two inserts. The bottom insert is tin, for carrying gun flints, and is accessible through a small flap on the pouch front. Above it is a wooden block,... |
 | Leather Dragoon-Style Cartridge Box
Dragoon-style cartridge box with half of its original leather waist belt surviving. Cover flap slit to button over a now missing stud on box front. Inside are eleven remaining (from twelve) individual tin cylindrical inserts to accommodate a dozen paper cartridges. Waist belt is 2 1/2" wide and... |
 | Cartridge Box
Cartridge box slightly curved to fit wearer's waist with three leather belt loops on back. Pine insert is shaped to fit box and is drilled to accomodate twenty-four paper cartridges. It is secured into leather box with fifteen decorative japanned round-head tacks on the front and thirteen common... |
 | Cartridge Pouch
Pouch with flap and clear evidence for a 2 3/4" wide white leather shoulder belt (now missing). Pouch has a block of pine drilled with 17 holes to accomodate paper cartridges fitted into it and secured with small hand-wrought nails through the leather. Remains of a fastening strap are crudely... |
 | Bandolier-Style Drumstick Sheath
Bandolier or cross-belt type sheath for drumsticks to be worn by a snare drummer diagonally across chest. Light brown leather with white metal buckle; two slots for drumsticks. |
 | Brown Shot Pouch
Brown shot pouch made from two pieces of leather seamed with over-cast stitching. Spout is carved from pine; neck of leather pouch is tightly sewn and whipped with two wrappings of cord around the shoulder of the spout. Stopper is whittled from pine. Homemade. |
 | Brown Leather Shot Pouch
Nearly round brown pouch made in two halves, sewn with flat leather strips (possibly rawhide) overcast to produce a flat seam. Spout is whittled from hardwood and the leather has been split and re-sewn over slight flange at base of spout. Stopper is carved from pine. Neck of spout is wrapped with... |
 | Brown Leather Shot Pouch
Brown shot pouch made from two pieces of leather seamed together with overcast stitching. Spout is formed by a thick collar of leather around which neck of pouch is sewn; wooden stopper is missing. Diameter of spout opening suggests that this was a pouch for holding a large gauge shot. Homemade. |
 | Brown Leather Shot Pouch
Small shot pouch made from a single piece of brown leather, folded and seamed along open side and bottom. Sewn inside out, the seam is inverted. Neck of pouch is gathered and tightly wrapped with cord around a horn spout. Present stopper, perhaps not original, is a broken cork. Holes near neck where... |
 | Brown Shot Pouch
Large brown shot pouch made from two pieces of leather, seams flat sewn with running stitches. Form is an elongated oval and near top there are two inch-wide leather loops that once accommodated a carrying cord. Spout is carved from a piece of pine and the leather neck of the pouch is securely... |
 | Brown Shot Pouch
Nearly round brown shot pouch fabricated from a single piece of leather rather than from two sides. Bottom of pouch is folded; sides are stitched flat seams. Repairs or strengthening of seams have been made near top on both sides. Spout is whittled from a piece of horn and leather bag is whipped... |
 | Brown Shot Pouch
Brown shot pouch roughly oval in form, flat, with hand-sewn, double-corded flat seams. Spout is turned from horn, has a flared shoulder over which the leather sides are stretched and wrapped with thread. Retains its crudely carved wooden stopper. Homemade. |
 | Brown Shot Pouch
Brown shot pouch in an irregular oval form. Flat and hand-sewn with neatly finished inverted seams around the perimeter except where crude repairs have been made at the sides closest to the neck. Spout is turned from horn with a flared shoulder around which the leather sides are sewn. Exposed...
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