Carved and stained wooden pivot gun, part of model Chinese war junk 1884.81.16 [ZM 11/2/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved and stained wooden pivot gun, part of model Chinese war junk 1884.81.16 [ZM 11/2/2016]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Unknown
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: Prior to 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Stained
Dimensions: Height: max 40 mm, Length: max 191 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.81.16.3 PR Cat other PR nos: 2721
Research and responses: It is not stated in any of the primary sources which object [and where it was] the boat was modelled on. It was presumably used as example of a missing link in one of the series. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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