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Flintlock Blunderbuss

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a flintlock blunderbuss by artist not specified. The gun has a brown wooden stock with gold floral designs on the left side near the butt. The butt of the gun is wide and triangular. A metal trigger guard is located below the gun's mechanism. The gun's barrel is long and cylindrical, made of dark metal. The barrel is slightly flared at the end. The gun's mechanism is on the right side of the gun. The background is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
late 18th century and early 19th century
Medium:
Steel, wood (walnut), brass, silver, gold
Culture:
Aceh, Sumatra, lock, British
Dimensions:
600 × 400 px
Museum record:
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