Gunpowder box

Museum number:
9-12005
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012005
Accession number:
Acc.2925
Description:
gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, ornamental handle on top, loop for attachment to belt on rear, incised decoration on front with raised openwork boss in center
Donor:
Emma Savina Leonard Packard
Collection place:
Turkey
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12005, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, ornamental handle on top, loop for attachment to belt on rear, incised decoration on front with raised openwork boss in centerHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12005, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, ornamental handle on top, loop for attachment to belt on rear, incised decoration on front with raised openwork boss in centerHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12005, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, ornamental handle on top, loop for attachment to belt on rear, incised decoration on front with raised openwork boss in centerHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12005, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, ornamental handle on top, loop for attachment to belt on rear, incised decoration on front with raised openwork boss in center
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gunpowder box, accession number 9-12005, described as gunpowder box, metal, shield-shaped, ornamental handle on top, loop for attachment to belt on rear, incised decoration on front with raised openwork boss in center

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