Powder measure

Museum number:
1-10020
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010020
Alternate number:
129 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Rich Gulch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used with old muzzle loading gun.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.2 centimeters and diameter 1.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 1-10020, described as Powder measure made of deer horn. Perforation at point for carrying handle. Used with old muzzle loading gun.

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