Snaphaunce Gun
Musket
Rifle
Gunflint
CG98-1-82
From: Morocco
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | CG98-1-82 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Moroccan |
Provenience | Morocco |
Period | 19th century |
Date Made | 1800-1899 CE |
Section | African |
Materials | Steel | Silver | Wood | Ivory | Flint |
Description | Muzzle loading Musket/Long Rifle - "Kabyle Camel gun" / "Makhala" or "Mekhala". Long narrow steel barrel, covered by two pieces of wood, held by bluish silver rings barrel bands. Steel snaphaunce firing mechanism with flint in palce. Trigger and shaft have silver lattice design detailed with red and blue paint. "Altit" style wood stock with silver and ivory/bone ornamentation. |
Length | 158.2 cm |
Width | 19 cm |
Other Number | TW ? - Collector Number |
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