Rifle, muzzle loading, percussion; converted from flintlock. Caliber ca. 16 mm. 43 cm barrel, overall length 81 cm. Marked "SUHL", with number "24" appearing on all parts, as well as several proof marks and other numbers. Originally probably a Prussian Military rifle. Barrel is octagonal.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
(Captured at the July 13 and 14 battle, 1900, at Tieut, Sin, China.)
Culture or time period:
Chinese and Prussian
Collector:
J. H. Northcraft
Collection date:
July 13-14, 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Placeholder record (no associated object)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
barrel— length 43 centimeters and overall— length 81 centimeters
Comment:
(Captured at the July 13 and 14 battle, 1900, at Tieut, Sin, China.)