Fly Gun

46-6-122A

From: United States of America | North Carolina

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 46-6-122A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cherokee
Provenience United States of America | North Carolina
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Creator Moses Owl
Section American
Materials Wood | Reed (plant)
Description

a: Gun -- hollow reed with hole near one end into which one end of a curved piece of wood is inserted; rectangular slot beyond the middle, into which the other end of the curved piece can be inserted.

b -- d: 3 sections of twig, used as bullets.

Length 19.8 cm
Credit Line Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946

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