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A .50 CALIBRE RIMFIRE SPENCER REPEATING CARBINE, THE STOCK CARVED IN THE MANNER OF THE NORTH WESTERN TRIBES

SERIAL NO. 33858, CIRCA 1870

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A .50 CALIBRE RIMFIRE SPENCER REPEATING CARBINE, THE STOCK CARVED IN THE MANNER OF THE NORTH WESTERN TRIBES
SERIAL NO. 33858, CIRCA 1870
With early re-blued action and lock, both the fromer and the butt stamped 'M.C.L', the fore-stock and the butt each incised with a series of tribal designs involving a canoe, tipis, a tomahawk and a sabre
22in (55.9cm) barrel
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Provenance: A gift to the present owner by a Mr. Wayne Humphrey of Des Moines, Iowa.

The subjects carved on the fore-stock and the butt suggest native ownership within the tribal lands of the American North West.