7-1239 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.643
Description:
rifle, breech loading. Spencer breech loading repeating rifle, caliber .52 rimfire. This model is also called the Spencer Repeating Rifle Army Model. Serial No. 4576. Stock cut down after manufacture.
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
Modoc County, California
Culture or time period:
Modoc and United States Historic
Collector:
Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rifles (long guns)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Taken from Modoc braves at the time of their surrender or picked up at later date in the lava beds.