Home made smoothbore longarm used by Mau Mau forces, Kenya 1952 (c)

Most Mau Mau weapons are extremely crude but this particular example copies the No. 5 Rifle. The barrel is smoothbore with a simple bolt action, but the stock has been carved to represent the magazine and general shape of the No 5 Rifle. These weapons had very little value as firearms against modern weapons and were perhaps status symbols for the Mau Mau leaders.