Flintlock pouches

Museum number:
9-21886a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921886a@2dd
Alternate number:
BY.T-80a-d (previous number) and T-80a-d (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Set of pouches for use with a flintlock rifle. Objects (a), (b) and (c) are tubes carefully carved from hardwood with a beaded leather stopper. They are 4 1/2 X 1X 1. Each of these would contain the required amount of gunpowder for one charge of the flintlock. Object (d) 2 3/4X7/8X7/8 is an iron container of approximately the same capacity as objects a-c, and is perhaps used for the same purpose, though it (now) lacks a stopper.These objects are strung on a leather belt (45 inches long) with an iron hook.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Glass (material), Iron (metal), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 2.54 centimeters, width 2.223 centimeters, width 2.54 centimeters, length 11.43 centimeters, length 6.985 centimeters, and height 2.223 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flintlock pouches, accession number 9-21886a-d, described as Set of pouches for use with a flintlock rifle. Objects (a), (b) and (c) are tubes carefully carved from hardwood with a beaded leather stopper. They are 4 1/2 X 1X 1. Each of these would contain the required amount of gunpowder for one charge of the flintlock. Object (d) 2 3/4X7/8X7/8 is an iron container of approximately the same capacity as objects a-c, and is perhaps used for the same purpose, though it (now) lacks a stopper.These objects are strung on a leather belt (45 inches long) with an iron hook.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flintlock pouches, accession number 9-21886a-d, described as Set of pouches for use with a flintlock rifle. Objects (a), (b) and (c) are tubes carefully carved from hardwood with a beaded leather stopper. They are 4 1/2 X 1X 1. Each of these would contain the required amount of gunpowder for one charge of the flintlock. Object (d) 2 3/4X7/8X7/8 is an iron container of approximately the same capacity as objects a-c, and is perhaps used for the same purpose, though it (now) lacks a stopper.These objects are strung on a leather belt (45 inches long) with an iron hook.

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