Powder Charger
date: label: Collection Date
content: June 1871
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. U S N C. J. S. Wells
label: Collector
content: William B. Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies E72897 - 72900 as "Captured during the attack of June 1871 by the U.S. forces in Asiatic waters under command of Admiral John Rodgers U.S.N. and brought from the field by the late Surgeon C. J. Stewart Wells U.S.N. who was severely wounded during the engagement." This presumably refers to the United States expedition to Korea, the Shinmiyangyo, in 1871, and the Battle of Gangwha. Unfortunately, neither the Smithsonian Institution Archives nor the National Museum of Natural History Registrar's Office have been able to identify the Smithsonian accession number for this collection.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Conical shaped piece of horn, with a plug in the tip-end hole held in place with a spring strip of horn held in place by an iron staple at the back end. The closure plug for the large end is missing. Brass ring on both sides with a cord and leather thong through it." Illus. in USNM AR, 1891; Pl. 31, fig. 1; p. 482. Identified there as a priming horn, Oui-iak-tong.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E72899-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Powder Charger