Gunpowder box

Museum number:
9-12006
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012006
Accession number:
Acc.2925
Description:
gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, handle on top, decorated loop on back for attachment to belt, incised decoration on top, front, with raised boss in center. Height: 12.0 cm
Donor:
Emma Savina Leonard Packard
Collection place:
Turkey
Collector:
Emma Savina Leonard Packard and Walter Eugene Packard
Collection date:
1948-1954
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
overall— height 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12006, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, handle on top, decorated loop on back for attachment to belt, incised decoration on top, front, with raised boss in center. Height: 12.0 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12006, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, handle on top, decorated loop on back for attachment to belt, incised decoration on top, front, with raised boss in center. Height: 12.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12006, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, handle on top, decorated loop on back for attachment to belt, incised decoration on top, front, with raised boss in center. Height: 12.0 cm

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