Matchlock Gun, Powder Flask And Primer
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1888
name: label: Donor Name
content: William W. Rockhill
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD:"ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1893, PL. 23, FIG. 1, P. 710. CLEANED AND REPAIRED. SEE RESTORATION RECORD #, 12/17/1963." OBJECT CONSISTS OF THE GUN, A HORN PRIMER, AND A SKIN GUN POWDER FLASK OR POWDER HORN. POWDER FLASK CONTAINED GUNPOWDER. IN 1996 THE BLACK POWDER WAS EXAMINED BY STAFF FROM THE EXPLOSIVES TECHNOLOGY BRANCH OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS. BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILITY OF THE BLACK POWDER,THEY RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE REMOVED FROM THE POWDER FLASK AND ONLY A SAMPLE RETAINED. FOLLOWING THIS RECOMMENDATION, DAVID HUNT REMOVED THE GUN POWDER FROM THE BAG, ENCLOSED A SAMPLE PORTION OF THE POWDER IN A GLASS JAR WITH A NYLON SCREWDOWN LID, AND CLEANED THE INSIDE OF THE POWDER FLASK BY LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSED AIR. SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPER STORAGE. - F. PICKERING 3-12-2002
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: East, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022455
label: USNM Number
content: E131042-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gun / Powder Horn / Primer / Gun Powder