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Flintlock musket
Object Number 2011.19.4
Display Title Flintlock musket
Descriptions
Object Description Flintlock musket; wooden support under barrel extends to create the small spade-shaped butt of the gun, brass and silver? rings band the iron and wood together, thin barrel, flintlock mechanism loose and rusted, animal hair and skin lodged in mechanism
Inventory Description Musket, flintlock, wooden support under barrel extends to create the small spade-shaped butt of the gun, brass and silver? rings band the iron and wood together, thin barrel, flintlock mechanism loose and rusted, animal hair and skin lodged in mechanism
Classification
  • Musket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1963 or earlier
Culture
  • Hmong
  • Meo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Laos
Materials Metal Wood Brass Iron Silver?
Dimensions Other: 88.5 x 7.9 x 3.2 cm (34 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.4
Credit Line Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)
Donor Donated by André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)

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