Flintlock pouch set

Museum number:
9-21885a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921885a@2dc
Alternate number:
BY.T-79 (previous number) and T-79 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Set of pouches for use with a flintlock rifle. Object (a) is a horn with a wooden stopper and an ingenious wooden pressure release to dispense small amounts of gunpowder to the flash pan of the flintlock by the striker. It is 5X2x1 1/2 inches.(b) is 4X31/4X1. It is a decorated leather pouch for lead balls used as bullets.(c) are three measured dispensers, 11X1X 7/8 each. They are made of leather and wood. Each wooden tube is divided in half at the center and has a leather stopper at the end. This makes six chambers each of which contain the required amount of gunpowder for one charge of the flintlock. Note that there is some gunpowder in the horn and in some of the chambers.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Horn (animal material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flintlock sets
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 79.375 centimeters, width 2.54 centimeters, length 27.94 centimeters, length 12.7 centimeters, height 2.54 centimeters, height 1.27 centimeters, length 10.16 centimeters, width 5.08 centimeters, and height 2.223 centimeters
Comment:
It may be advisable to consult an expert on flammable substances before housing live gunpowder in the museum.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flintlock pouch set, accession number 9-21885a-c, described as Set of pouches for use with a flintlock rifle. Object (a) is a horn with a wooden stopper and an ingenious wooden pressure release to dispense small amounts of gunpowder to the flash pan of the flintlock by the striker. It is 5X2x1 1/2 inches.(b) is 4X31/4X1. It is a decorated leather pouch for lead balls used as bullets.(c) are three measured dispensers, 11X1X 7/8 each. They are made of leather and wood. Each wooden tube is divided in half at the center and has a leather stopper at the end. This makes six chambers each of which contain the required amount of gunpowder for one charge of the flintlock. Note that there is some gunpowder in the horn and in some of the chambers.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flintlock pouch set, accession number 9-21885a-c, described as Set of pouches for use with a flintlock rifle. Object (a) is a horn with a wooden stopper and an ingenious wooden pressure release to dispense small amounts of gunpowder to the flash pan of the flintlock by the striker. It is 5X2x1 1/2 inches.(b) is 4X31/4X1. It is a decorated leather pouch for lead balls used as bullets.(c) are three measured dispensers, 11X1X 7/8 each. They are made of leather and wood. Each wooden tube is divided in half at the center and has a leather stopper at the end. This makes six chambers each of which contain the required amount of gunpowder for one charge of the flintlock. Note that there is some gunpowder in the horn and in some of the chambers.

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