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Matchlock Musket
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Iron wood leather brass copper, Tibetan
Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of George C. Stone 1935
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A Hunting Prince Steadies and Fires His Matchlock Gun on an Attendant's Shoulder
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