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ammunition

human history
  • Other Name

    musket & cannon balls

  • Description

    ammunition, assorted sizes;

    fragment of cannon ball, thick edges suggest fragment is from a very large cannon ball, iron, rusted, jagged edges; four medium sized cannon balls, solid state, iron, rusted; two small iron balls: .7 is slightly smaller than .6, small hole in the top of .6, potentially small cannon balls, some rust; two bullet noses, [steel] or [lead]: .8 has a long nose with rifled sides, indicating that it has been fired, tip of bullet has small hole in top, small nail protrudes from tip to base, large gouge on one side; .9 short tip of bullet - appears to have been cut from whole bullet, smooth exterior, hole in base, dent in tip; seven musket balls, lead, various sizes.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    1996x2.626 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.1 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.2 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.3 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.4 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.5 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.6 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.7 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.8 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.9 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.10 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.11 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.12 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.13 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.14 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.15 (temporary accession number)

    1996x2.626.16 (temporary accession number)

  • Department
ammunition, 1996x2.626, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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