Musket

Museum number:
1-235169
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-1235 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.643
Description:
musket, percussion. U.S.Musket, Model 1816, converted to percussion from flintlock. Stock cracked, missing ramrod. Marked "Harper's Ferry 1831" with a spread-winged eagle over "US".
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
Modoc County, California
Production place:
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, Virginia
Culture or time period:
Modoc and United States Historic
Collector:
Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Muskets
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Production date:
1831
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 57.5 inches and length 42 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Musket, accession number 1-235169, described as musket, percussion. U.S.Musket, Model 1816, converted to percussion from flintlock. Stock cracked, missing ramrod. Marked "Harper's Ferry 1831" with a spread-winged eagle over "US".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Musket, accession number 1-235169, described as musket, percussion. U.S.Musket, Model 1816, converted to percussion from flintlock. Stock cracked, missing ramrod. Marked "Harper's Ferry 1831" with a spread-winged eagle over "US".

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