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1957.2.16B

Fly-shooter. [ASh [OPS move] 5/6/2017]

1957.2.16B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fly-shooter. [ASh [OPS move] 5/6/2017]
Long description
Fly-shooter toy used by small boys to shoot flies round meat & food etc. Consisting of a piece of bamboo with a strip of bent cane acting as a trigger & projecting a splinter of wood through the hollow barrel. [ASh [OPS move] 5/6/2017]
Geographical reference
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil
Province of Northern Goias Tocantins River Rio do Sono
Cultural groups
Xerente
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1957
Date collected
By 1957
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1957
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Split, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 371 mm, Width: max 74 mm, Depth: max 9 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1957.2.16B

Search terms: Toy and Game, Weapon, Hunting, Toy, Hunting accessory

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