Welcome to Mimi's Western Gallery.  We deal in black powder horns and accouterments, all of which are hand crafted items, individually hand made.  We also deal in  western art and decorative items.

Black Powder Horns

Powder Horns as were most inventions, was born out of a basic need, to transport small amounts of gunpowder by a soldier or hunter in the 18th century. The craft of creating a powder horn was born during the French and Indian War and eventually was adopted by those involved in the Revolutionary War. By the mid-eighteenth century every man who owned a firearm owned a powder horn. One of the earliest known black powder horns was crafted in 1756 and some have been found as far north as Southern Canada. Black powder horns were usually made from the horns of cows or oxen. There were many people who used the powder horn for several different reasons. Mostly pioneers, Indians, soldiers, mountain men, miners, travelers, and hunters found a use in the powder horn either as a means of holding gun powder because it was safe, holding explosives, water, storing different things, or simply using them for decoration. As society advanced and more modern conveyances were made available, powder horns were no longer needed and their use became more sentimental. People began to carve different designs on their horns such as battle scenes, initials, and family crests.

Western Art

The western art available on our website is in various types. The Western Art category are pictures of various scenes of modern-day western items, and also artists' renditions, and they come in various sizes. In the lithograph section of western art, the old west, and Native American Indians are depicted. These items come framed in barn wood, and are also available in cedar and scorched cedar frames.

Native American Indian Art

The pictures on our website depict Native American Indians from the late 1800s, and include some of the better known American Indians such as Geronimo, Sitting, and Little Big Man, and others, and some other not so well known American Indians that show the life and times of that era.