A BAMBARA PERCUSSION PISTOL
Smooth, two-stage, round and octagonal, 15 mm cal. barrel; iron lock with flat plate, converted to percussion; long, dark wooden stock (a vein) decorated with chiselled floral motifs at the butt; iron mounts and ramrod, a white metallic barrel bracket.
Central Africa, mid-19th Century
length 55 cm.
Conditions: medium
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Smooth, two-stage, round and octagonal, 15 mm cal. barrel; iron lock with flat plate, converted to percussion; long, dark wooden stock (a vein) decorated with chiselled floral motifs at the butt; iron mounts and ramrod, a white metallic barrel bracket.
Central Africa, mid-19th Century
length 55 cm.
Conditions: medium
Reserve
Time, Location
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