Flintlock Gun

Pistol

48-29-12

From: Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 48-29-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mahdi | Turkish
Provenience Sudan
Date Made 1898
Section African
Materials Iron | Brass | Wood
Description

Turkish manufacture. Flint lock, brass mounts; inlay, tooled and relief decoration. Condition poor. Omdurman is a town opposite Khartoum, on the White Nile. The battle took place in 1898.

Height 13.97 cm
Length 40 cm
Depth 5.24 cm
Outside Diameter 0 cm
Credit Line Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948

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