Catapult
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
1940 - 1990
Materials
Grass and bamboo.
Measurements
120 x 155 x 125 mm
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2 Willow Road, London
NT 113090
Summary
A miniature catapult. Formed from a curved strip of bamboo, painted with a stylised leaf design in black to the outside and joined by string to a strip of dried reed curving round and joining the bamboo through a slit.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987) and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, Mrs Ernö Goldfinger (d.1991), formally acquired in 1994.