Indian Trade Musket
name: label: maker
content: Ketland & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This .60 caliber smoothbore flintlock musket was manufactured in Pennsylvania about 1820 for trade with American Indians. The lockplate, stamped "Ketland & Co." and "UNITED STATES" was manufactured in Britain for use by U.S. military contract manufacturers.
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Adriana Scalamandre Bitter and Edwin Ward Bitter for the Bitter Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0783.24
label: accession number
content: 1985.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0783.24
label: collector/donor number
content: M11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: musket
label: Object Name
content: musket, flintlock
label: Other Terms
content: musket; Firearms; Flintlock; .60 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa; Trade
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 54 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 139.065 cm x 6.985 cm