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Object Number
2011.19.33
Display Title
Percussion cap musket, locally made
Descriptions
Object Description
Percussion cap musket, locally made; light brown wooden butt, crack in butt, hide surrounding mechanism, leather strap, square of hide and fabric connected to gun by metal chain, barrel and mechanism rusted
Inventory Description
Firearm, musket, brown wooden butt, cracked, hide surrounding mechanism, leather strap, square of hide and fabric connected to gun by metal chain, rust
Classification
- Musket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1968 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Chad
Materials
Wood Iron Leather Metal Hide Sheet metal
Dimensions
Other: 147.9 x 8.7 x 5 cm (58 1/4 x 3 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.33
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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