This painting is of a Kentucky pistol built about 1775- 1780. It was made using a British lock forged by Thomas Ketland and is leaning against a Golden Age style powder horn with an antler-tip primer. These Golden Age powder horns were often heavily carved and scrimshawed with maps, stylized animals or statements significant to the owner. The strap, trimmed with red trade cloth and white seed beads is a pattern commonly created by the eastern Indian tribes.