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Object Number
969-1-10/49870
Display Title
Exploded shot cannister containing several lead balls and fragments of a Boston
Descriptions
Object Description
Exploded shot cannister containing several lead balls and fragments of a Boston newspaper
Inventory Description
Exploded lead shot canister with four bullets and fragments of a Boston 1899 newspaper
Classification
- Ammunition
Department
Archaeological
Date
1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Suffolk County
/
Boston?
Materials
Lead Paper
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of Canister): 7 x 3.3 x 3.8 cm (2 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
969-1-10/49870
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(?)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005.17.12 | Metal, lead shot, exploded |
Ammunition
|
Massachusetts Hall
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Metal (lead) balls - gun shot.
| 976-64-10/58443 | Metal (lead) balls - gun shot. |
Ammunition
|
Kibbe
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Metal (lead) balls.
| 976-64-10/58563 | Metal (lead) balls. |
Ammunition
|
Kibbe
| |
| 88-41-10/46254 | Lead bullets |
Raw Material
Ammunition |
Memberton's Camp, near
| |
| 969-2-10/49889 | 6 Civil war bullets (Minie balls) |
Bullet
|
United States
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Metal, lead shot
| 01-33-10/61865 | Metal, lead shot |
Ammunition
|
Oliver Site; Mississippi State Site #22Co503; LMS 16-N-6
| |
| 37-43-10/9260 | Lead bullets |
Ammunition
|
Mound
| |
| 2003.1.232 | Lead cannon balls, small. |
Ball
| ||
|
Image Not Available
for Lead bullets
| 31-4-10/A7312 | Lead bullets |
Ammunition
|
Nueces County
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Lead shot diameter: 1.2 cm.
| 971-15-10/51297 | Lead shot diameter: 1.2 cm. |
Ammunition
|
Beach off Boothbay Harbor
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Flattened bullet (lead)
| 63-31-10/40825 | Flattened bullet (lead) |
Ammunition
|
Shell heap
| |
| 25-60-30/F478.2 | Gourd cannister |
Jar
Raw Material |