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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Musket
Type:Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:metal and wood
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.138.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Percussion cap muzzle loading musket. Rear of the barrel is octagonal and front is round. The stock extends to the end of the octagonal portion of the barrel. The butt and stock are inlaid with bone (?) shaped in hearts, ovals, and stars - some of the inlay missing. The right side of the butt has decorative metal plating. Brass plate on underside of stock, unengraved.

Tags:
firearms

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