Indians For Guns

Can someone guess...what this can be used for...

Grumpy you obviously know..so let someone guess



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Ranjeet

it is a gun stand in which 2 guns can be carried facing each other.

It is a stand for keeping large knives..

Afraid not..its for something else

Here is a better pic



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Ranjeet

better??

.......is this picture complete. Didn't it have a base underneath it?

AC

Yes AC the Picture is complete and no base below it..

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Ranjeet

it is a game carrier it is ue\sed to carry game birds....yoput the head through the round hole and slide them to the other side

Yes that's what it was used for..stuff from old times..

Ranjeet

Wow.. Used for ducks I presume.

Pran

I`ve also seen metal game carriers - which are nothing like as nice - and pictures ( in old books ) of pannier baskets, slung either side of a horse, with a game carrier as a lid.......although whether the `lid` was wooden or wicker I have no idea.
You can get game carriers with four slots - sometimes with a couple of wider slots/larger holes to acomodate Rabits and Hares.
The one shown was probably intended to accomodate Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse, Wood Pigeons, etc as waterfowl equipment tends not to last because of getting wet. It appears to be made of mahogany which would suggest that it was made in England - Indian made items tend to be made of Teak and rather more `exotic` hardwoods. Is there a trade label affixed ?

I've used something like this before for pheasant and squirrels:



but you put the feet in the ring instead. Nowadays for squirrels I put them in a bag instead, or if I don't have a plastic shopping bag with me another way is to cut behind one achilles tendon on a hind foot, thread the leg through belt loop, then push the other foot through the hole you just cut and it will hang there from its hind legs.