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ANTEENS
AS WITH MOST ACCOUTREMENTS SHARE A
VARIED VARITY IN SHAPE AND AMOUNTS
HELD. THE MATERIAL USED VARIES
FROM TIN, COPPER, BRASS (TINNED
AND NON TIN LINED). LEATHER, WOOD,
GLASS WERE USED FROM THE FIRST
SETTLERS IN EUROPE AND CARRIED TO
THE NEW WORLD. A NUMBER OF NAMES
HAVE BEEN USED FOR THE DIFFERENT
WATER VESSELS AND IN SOME CASES
ONE SHAPE MAY HAVE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT NAMES USUALLY CHANGED
WITH WHO WAS USING THAT CONTAINER.
SHOWN
BELOW IS ONE OF THE MORE
COLLECTABLE CANTEENS FROM THE
FRENCH & INDIAN WARS, A
COCONUT WATER CONTAINER IN
EXCELLENT CONDITION. NOT ALL
COCONUT BUT STILL THE LARGER PART
IS, USED WITH A CROCKERY JAR MATED
TOGETHER. THIS IS A VARY UNUSUAL
CANTEEN BUT NOT SO UNUSUAL AS FAR
AS IN EARLIER TIMES EVERYTHING HAD
A USE. IN THIS CASE A BROKEN JAR
WAS USED TO MAKE A WONDERFUL USE
OF A COCONUT BASE AND NOW A USEFUL
WATER JAR. ATTACHING A LEATHER
STRAP AROUND THE NECK OR A HARNESS
AROUND THE BODY WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
EASY CHORE.
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