Rifle, muzzle loading, percussion; converted from flintlock. Caliber ca. 16 mm. 43 cm barrel, overall length 81 cm. Marked "SUHL", with number "24" appearing on all parts, as well as several proof marks and other numbers. Originally probably a Prussian Military rifle. Barrel is octagonal.
Donor:
J. H. Northcraft
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
(Captured at the July 13 and 14 battle, 1900, at Tieut, Sin, China.)
Culture or time period:
Chinese and Prussian
Collector:
J. H. Northcraft
Collection date:
July 13-14, 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rifles (long guns)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
January 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 81 centimeters and barrel— diameter 43 centimeters
Comment:
(Captured at the July 13 and 14 battle, 1900, at Tieut, Sin, China.)