Pistol

Museum number:
1-214060
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010214060
Alternate number:
7-1247 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.643
Description:
Pepperbox pistol, percussion, complete except for grips, side plate and cap shield. Allen type, American manufacture. 6 shot, .31 caliber. Heavily corroded.
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pistols
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.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 7.125 inches and length 3.25 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 1-214060, described as Pepperbox pistol, percussion, complete except for grips, side plate and cap shield. Allen type, American manufacture. 6 shot, .31 caliber. Heavily corroded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 1-214060, described as Pepperbox pistol, percussion, complete except for grips, side plate and cap shield. Allen type, American manufacture. 6 shot, .31 caliber. Heavily corroded.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pistol, accession number 1-214060, described as Pepperbox pistol, percussion, complete except for grips, side plate and cap shield. Allen type, American manufacture. 6 shot, .31 caliber. Heavily corroded.

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