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1938.34.140

Rocket syrinx of 9 tubes, central tube partly filled with gunpowder mixture. Gunpowder tube bound with ?leaf, this and the longest pipe stuck together with wax. All pipes stopped by node. One pipe missing.

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1938.34.140

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Collection type
Object
Description
Rocket syrinx of 9 tubes, central tube partly filled with gunpowder mixture. Gunpowder tube bound with ?leaf, this and the longest pipe stuck together with wax. All pipes stopped by node. One pipe missing.
Person
Field collector Robert Gosset Woodthorpe
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1898
Date collected
By 1898
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wax, Material Plant Leaf, Material Gunpowder, Process Tied, Process Glued, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 208 mm, Length 38 mm shortest tube
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.34.140

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