An unusual request

Our young decorator, fascinated by our 200-year-old Afghan antique gun, asked to be photographed holding it. 

He had never seen a gun in real life.

Delighted, I agreed, and we did an instant photoshoot.

Background info: M bought it in an antique shop in Kabul while travelling through Afghanistan on holiday.  He was   working at the time as a volunteer with VSO ( Voluntary Service Overseas) in Pakistan. 
N.B. It is not a working gun...or he would not have been allowed to bring it into the country.