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."