Revolver

Museum number:
1-214058
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010214058
Alternate number:
7-1245 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.643
Description:
Percussion revolver. Breech loading. Smith and Wesson Model No. 2, Old Issue, also called the Smith and Wesson Army revolver, no. 2. Caliber .32 rim fire, octagonal barrel. Incomplete, disassembled, heavily corroded.
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; United States of America
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:
Revolvers (firearms)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Taken from Modoc braves at the time of their surrender or picked up at later date in the lava beds.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11 inches and length 6 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Revolver, accession number 1-214058, described as Percussion revolver. Breech loading. Smith and Wesson Model No. 2, Old Issue, also called the Smith and Wesson Army revolver, no. 2. Caliber .32 rim fire, octagonal barrel. Incomplete, disassembled, heavily corroded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Revolver, accession number 1-214058, described as Percussion revolver. Breech loading. Smith and Wesson Model No. 2, Old Issue, also called the Smith and Wesson Army revolver, no. 2. Caliber .32 rim fire, octagonal barrel. Incomplete, disassembled, heavily corroded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Revolver, accession number 1-214058, described as Percussion revolver. Breech loading. Smith and Wesson Model No. 2, Old Issue, also called the Smith and Wesson Army revolver, no. 2. Caliber .32 rim fire, octagonal barrel. Incomplete, disassembled, heavily corroded.

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