Percussion cap box
Percussion cap box
Percussion cap box
Percussion cap box

Currently not on view

Percussion cap box,

before 1894

Arctic
PU 5203

Information

Title
Percussion cap box
Dates

before 1894

Medium
Wood, graphite, red ochre, with leather handle
Dimensions
h. 4.7 cm., w. 6.7 cm., d. 9.2 cm. (1 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5203
Place Collected

North America, United States

Marks/Labels/Seals
Written in ink on knob [Elizabeth Marsh Museum number]: 99/94 and 5203
Type
boxes (containers), percussion caps, rattles
Materials
leather, wood, pigment
Subject
shell, clams

Collected by Lt. George Thornton Emmons; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History) in exchange in 1894

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