1899.85.3

Toy gun with the stock carved from wood, reed as the barrel tied onto the stock with cane strips, a thin piece of reed as the ramrod and a crescent of nails where the trigger would be. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2005]

1899.85.3

Collection type: Object
Description: Toy gun with the stock carved from wood, reed as the barrel tied onto the stock with cane strips, a thin piece of reed as the ramrod and a crescent of nails where the trigger would be. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2005]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Central African Republic
Africa > Central Africa > Central African Republic; Lower Sanga
Person: Field collector Cornelis Marinus Pleyte; PRM source Cornelis Marinus Pleyte
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1899
Date collected: By 1899
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1899
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Length: max 360 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1899.85.3 Other numbers: 401