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
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1898 CE
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
Credit Line Gift of Presbyterian Board of Missions, 1948

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