Matchlock long gun. "Cheek gun", with short "wing-shaped" wooden stock. The gun is muzzle-loading and has a ramrod. The stock is decorated around with mud, feathers and bristles, which is disintegrating. [AF [OPS Move] 4/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Matchlock long gun. "Cheek gun", with short "wing-shaped" wooden stock. The gun is muzzle-loading and has a ramrod. The stock is decorated around with mud, feathers and bristles, which is disintegrating. [AF [OPS Move] 4/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma); Southern Shan State
Cultural groups: Burman; Shan
Person: Field collector Henry George Ashworth Leveson; PRM source Henry George Ashworth Leveson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1893
Date collected: By 1893
Acquisition information: Donated: 09/1893
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Bird Feather, Material Animal Quill, Material Animal Hair, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions: Width: max 91 mm, Length: max 1106 mm, Height: max 126 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1893.44.1
Research and responses: HGA Leveson is listed as "Officers in the Burma Commission" under "Deputy Commissioners, 3rd Grade" in The India List and India Office List for 1905 (p. 69) [Dan Hicks 7/3/2017]