Stinkpot

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Description

A ceramic stinkpot, sometimes called a "thunder stone" was a useful weapon both on land and at sea. Filled with gunpowder, nails, metal balls, and materials that would stink when ignited, these weapons could cause great harm.


Object Information

Date Created:

AD 1644-1911

Local ID:

121976

Collection:

Anthropology

Rights:

©Field Museum


Appears In

Resource Kit
History Colorado
Field Museum

Understanding the Past

To understand what life was like in the past, we must look at various sources of information to discover clues and think critically about what they can tell us. To understand our oldest stories, such as ancient cultures, we rely on the incomplete records we find through archaeology to learn about populations of the past. Practice and compare the many lenses we can use to learn about the past while exploring the form, function, continuity and change of objects from across history.

Created by: History Colorado, Field Museum

Grade 6-8