Idaho Virtual Museum

3517 -- Metal Artifacts Iron

IMNH Anthropology Collections

  • Common Name

    Sawed-off double barreled shotgun

  • Material

    Metal Artifacts Iron

  • Specimen Number

    3517

  • Type

    Hunting/Weapon

  • Site Type

    Archaeology Site

  • Mass

    0

  • Age

    Historic

  • Repository

    IMNH Anthropology

  • City

    Unknown

  • Collection

    IMNH Anthropology

  • Collector

    J Parsons

  • Owner

    IMNH Anthropology

  • Comment

    Sawed-off gun barrel. Double-barreled. The piece measures 12" in length. Collector's note: "Gun barrel from the field of the Custer massacre, at the battle of Little Bighorn, with Sitting Bull, in Custer County, Montana. This was used by the Indians, have been sawed off for convenience in carrying on their war ponies. - 10-29-'97. O.P. Bourland."

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Sawed-off double barreled shotgun (Back)

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Sawed-off double barreled shotgun (Right)

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Sawed-off double barreled shotgun (Left)

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Sawed-off double barreled shotgun (Top)

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Sawed-off double barreled shotgun (Bottom)

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