Shotgun

Museum number:
9-12835
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012835
Alternate number:
7-51 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.10
Description:
shotgun, muzzle loading, percussion, double barreled, caliber ca. 16 mm. 53 cm barrel, overall length 124 cm. Chinese inscription translates approximately to: "Manufactured at National Production Bureau. Supervised by Li." and "Year of Six in Ching Dynasty." made ca. 1896.
Donor:
J. H. Northcraft
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
J. H. Northcraft
Collection date:
July 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
January 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
barrel— diameter 53 centimeters and length 124 centimeters
Comment:
(Captured at the battle of July 13 and 14, 1900, at Tieut, Sin, China.)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shotgun, accession number 9-12835, described as shotgun, muzzle loading, percussion, double barreled, caliber ca. 16 mm. 53 cm barrel, overall length 124 cm. Chinese inscription translates approximately to: "Manufactured at National Production Bureau. Supervised by Li." and "Year of Six in Ching Dynasty." made ca. 1896.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shotgun, accession number 9-12835, described as shotgun, muzzle loading, percussion, double barreled, caliber ca. 16 mm. 53 cm barrel, overall length 124 cm. Chinese inscription translates approximately to: "Manufactured at National Production Bureau. Supervised by Li." and "Year of Six in Ching Dynasty." made ca. 1896.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shotgun, accession number 9-12835, described as shotgun, muzzle loading, percussion, double barreled, caliber ca. 16 mm. 53 cm barrel, overall length 124 cm. Chinese inscription translates approximately to: "Manufactured at National Production Bureau. Supervised by Li." and "Year of Six in Ching Dynasty." made ca. 1896.

Tools