British brass-barreled blunderbuss
date: label: Date
content: late 17th - early 18th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A British brass-barreled blunderbuss, constructed of a dark walnut stock, brass breech, butt plate, trigger guard, barrel, and flared muzzle. It has a stored black ramrod, a floral engraved proper right lock plate, and an elaborate scroll of lock stock plating on it proper left. There is a bright wedge of unknown material in the flintlock; proof marks on the proper left of the breech; a small dogcatch; notches throughout the stock towards the end of the barrel; a split in the stock’s proper right side from the butt plate upward.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: British colonialism
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.116.2
objectType: label: Type
content: blunderbusses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: walnut, brass (alloy), iron and steel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Blunderbuss): 28 1/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (71.5 × 13.9 × 10.5 cm)