muzzle loading flintlock musket
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- Event War of 1812
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Morley, G.
- Date Made Circa 1812
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - CanadaContinent - North America, Country - Canada, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Township / District - Niagara
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1807/01/01
- Latest 1817/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Chief's Gun
- Inscription (lock plate/fausse platine): G.Morley; (barrel/canon): (Proof marks/poinçons d'homologation); (wrist/poignée): (cartouche)
- Pattern Name Trade
- Materials Steel, Birch, Brass
- Service Component Indian Department
- Measurements Height 18.7 cm, Length 133.8 cm, Width 5.2 cm
- Caption A Chief's Musket
- Additional Information Native American chiefs often carried ornate muskets manufactured for the Indian trade market. This example has a silver medallion bearing the head of a warrior on the stock.