Parker Field and Company .58 caliber percussion trade gun
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1875
name: label: Culture/People
content: Non-Indian; collected from the Apsáalooke (Crow)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Parker, Field and Company, London, England
label: Previous owner
content: Fighting Bear, Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: Previous owner
content: Edwin W. Countryman, Non-Indian, 1872-1946
label: Previous owner
content: Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
label: Previous seller
content: Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
label: Previous owner
content: Thomas J. Watson (Thomas C. Watson), Non-Indian, 1874-1956
label: Previous owner
content: IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
label: Donor
content: IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have belonged to the Apsáalooke (Crow) leader Fighting Bear; formerly in the collection of Edwin W. Countryman (1872-1946, a Buffalo, New York, attorney); acquired by Reuben B. Oldfield (1878-1954, a collector of Indian items from Bath, New York) at an unknown date; purchased from Reuben Oldfield by Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, Chairman and CEO of IBM) in 1947; transferred to the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences at an unknown date; donated to MAI by the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences in 1960.
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place: label: Place
content: Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian
label: See related items
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: See related items
content: Firearms and accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/299
label: Barcode
content: 230299.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Firearms and accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Parker Field and Company .58 caliber percussion trade gun
label: Media/Materials
content: Metal, wood
label: Techniques
content: Commercially produced/manufactured
label: Dimensions
content: 16 x 12 cm