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gun, matchlock

human history
  • Other Name

    Chinese matchlock gun

  • Description

    Chinese matchlock gun

    muzzle-loader; octagonal steel barrel inlaid with silver dragons; brass mounted stock; about 60 bore [.40 inch calibre]; forend made from two separate pieces; long hammer; ball-tipped trigger; length of burnable rope attached to hammer; ring attached to front of trigger guard; holes in stock for rope to go through; brass [lion] plate on butt

    missing parts: screws from lock plate; part of rear sight; ramrod

  • Place
    China
  • Accession Number
    1924.14
  • Accession Date
    1924
  • Other Id

    W1410 (war)

    9593 (ethnology)

    230559 (police firearm registration number)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, matchlock, 1924.14, W1410, 9593, 230559, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 10 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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