Context (Related Documents)
Two catalogue cards for this record, one in each department. The second card noted above is stored with archaeology cards.
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Duplicate record for 1931.139 A-B read 'Two roughly made 'horse' pistols, no provenance, flint locks'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1931.139 B reads: 'Two roughly made flint-lock pistols.'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Other)
Catalogue card for 1931.139 B reads: 'Ret'd from Longsands School Museum St Neots, 1970s loan'
Event Date 1970
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Displayed in "Metal in Africa", an MAA exhibition, held in the Andrews Gallery, 26 September 1996- 28 February 1998


Event Date 6/1996
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record originally noted Kenya as the location for the object, but it also states that the ethnic group are the Nilotic Kavirondo and it was previously stored in an Uganda box. Duplicate record gave '?Europe' as provenance.

Event Date 10/4/2001
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
1931.139 B was amongst a number of assorted African objects returned to CUMAA from a long-term loan from St Neots Longsands Academy in the 1970s. Some of the documentation has been derived from the Annual Reports, however, some of the items have been impossible to trace and were given a new number in 1997.
Event Date 20/12/2022
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Flintlock smoothbore pistol, presumably British-made. Wooden body, with brass trigger-guard decorated with a crescent and stars. Frizzen and jaw screw in place, decorated with chevrons, stars and botanical design. Rounded butt decorated with short grooves and with a disc projection, both made of brass coloured metal and decorated with grooves and stars. Flint is not present.
Event Date 25/3/2022
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Analysis)
Flintlock smoothbore pistol, presumably a British-made (judging from the barrel length). Trade item dated c. early 19th century till the turn of 1800 at construction. Decorated with stars and moons, indicating an Arabic-style motif. Swan-neck cock, brass furniture, butt cap with languet at sides. Fully stocked (wood to end of barrel). Very thin ramrod. Cracked stock. Local addition of brass wire at the barrel end.

Barrel blocked with accretions.

Overall L: 17.5 in (445mm).
Barrel L: 12 in (305mm).
Event Date 20/2/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu