- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Home made Mau Mau rifle. [FC 13/04/2010]
- Long description
- Home made Mau Mau rifle. The rifle is crudely made from a metal tube bound to a roughly shaped wooden stock. The rifle is fired by a latex strip from a car inner tube and resembles a US M .30 carbine. It has a perforated leather strap. [FC 13/04/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Date
- Date collected
- 1955
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 27/01/2010
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Rubber Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Recycled
- Dimensions
- Height: max 119 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Length: max 1068 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2010.4.2 Other numbers: 162
2010.4.2
Home made Mau Mau rifle. [FC 13/04/2010]
2010.4.2
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