✅ SOLVED Need help with unknown artifact

[grasshopper]

Not sure if this belongs here but the owner thinks it's a native American piece.

See attached photos. It has a notch on one end, and appears to be made of antler.

 

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[Tdog]

It looks like it's made of a bovine horn rather than antler--bison maybe. Powder horn? I do not know what it is.

Edit: another observation... that notch looks rather fresh compared to the rest of the piece. Also, what appears to be a plug in the fat end. Correct?

 

[grasshopper]

It looks like it's made of a bovine horn rather than antler--bison maybe. Powder horn? I do not know what it is.

Edit: another observation... that notch looks rather fresh compared to the rest of the piece. Also, what appears to be a plug in the fat end. Correct?

Thanks for the post, yeah there is some kind of pin that goes in but doesn't go all the way through.

 

[southfork]

Looks like a priming horn but not very old in my opinion .

 

[ghp95134]

It looks like a bow nock to me, with part of the bow stave remaining. I shoot an English longbow and it has horn nocks on both ends. I'm wondering if an early American had the same idea and reinforced his bow?

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