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Object Number
37-131-60/3032
Display Title
Wooden gun - muzzle-loading matchlock with hammer
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden gun - muzzle-loading matchlock with hammer (cleft to hold the slow match) and trigger in one piece; long barrel with cannon-shaped muzzle and thickened breach.
Inventory Description
Rifle, iron barrel, wood base and butt, wood resting platform, cotton,shell
Classification
- Rifle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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Tibet
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<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Chamdo
Additional Geographic Terms
Tibet, Eastern borders of; Szechuan Province, adjoining
Dimensions
Overall: 137.4 x 12 x 5.9 cm (54 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-131-60/3032
Provenance
Collector
Gordon Bowles
(1930-1932 - 1937)
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