Cartridge reloader

Museum number:
2-48377
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
7-35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Cartridge reloading tool. Two pieces of wood hinged together with dowel. Rawhide strips over hinge. Holes inside, some with ivory or bone fittings. Has punch for removing primer and two dies for reloading 2 different length cartridges. Made of cedar, whalebone, ivory, rawhide thong.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Collection date:
1867-1898
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Cartridge reloading device; has punch for removing primer and two dies for reloading two different length cartridges. Cf. 2-14021.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
35.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cartridge reloader, accession number 2-48377, described as Cartridge reloading tool. Two pieces of wood hinged together with dowel. Rawhide strips over hinge. Holes inside, some with ivory or bone fittings. Has punch for removing primer and two dies for reloading 2 different length cartridges. Made of cedar, whalebone, ivory, rawhide thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cartridge reloader, accession number 2-48377, described as Cartridge reloading tool. Two pieces of wood hinged together with dowel. Rawhide strips over hinge. Holes inside, some with ivory or bone fittings. Has punch for removing primer and two dies for reloading 2 different length cartridges. Made of cedar, whalebone, ivory, rawhide thong.

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