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Object Number 49-14-50/8282
Display Title Boy's bamboo "gun" for shooting maize. Futi
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Futi
Inventory Description Bamboo tube, perf withcurved slat spring withpointed end and broken end, dirty
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lambia
  • Yao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 50.2 x 27.2 x 2 cm (19 3/4 x 10 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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