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Object Number 35-31-50/1164
Display Title Boy's raffia pith toy gun (nga)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Toy gun, made of vegetable fiber with reed pegs holding it together
Classification
  • Toy
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 53.5 x 8.4 x 2.3 cm (21 1/16 x 3 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1164

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