Pistol 2
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Aug 1960
name: label: Collector
content: Hon. Hoffman Philip
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Hoffman Philip
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Flintlock and barrel decorated with relief. Wooden stock and grip completely covered with gilded brass sheathing embossed with floral and symbols of warfare. Grip is ornately wrapped with steel (?) wire. Pommel has globular embossed sheath. Ref. same as 398,115 - fig. 647".
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. Pair of Ottoman Turkish flintlock pistols called kubur pistols. This style was also popular in Greece and may be of Grecian origin. The stocks are made of chased and repoussed gilded silver. The barrels are likely European trade barrels or locally made examples with chiseled fortes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkish
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 231888
label: USNM Number
content: E398118-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pistol