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Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Brass cannon with figure of dragon on muzzle.
Event Date
Author: Flo Sutton

Context (Production / use)
Part of a collection of brass objects comprising 1938.490-525. Most of these objects are no longer manufactured, at any rate in the forms here presented, though they are still much used, and prized, by the natives. The Tempassuk district, from which
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: rachel hand

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Ivor Hugh Norman Evans.
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: Flo Sutton

Description (Physical description)
catalogue card notes for 1938.490 A-B: 'A: small brass cannon (old) of Brunei manufacture. B: brass cannon with figure of dragon on muzzle'.
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Medium cast brass swivel-gun on swivel mount. There is a dragon cast on one end, and cast floral decorations on the surface of the cannon, as well as some small cast birds projecting from the surface. Mounts for touch hole cover at rear and foresight (the latter in the form of a dragon).
Event Date 25/10/2022
Author: Flo Sutton

Context (Analysis)
Medium cast brass swivel-gun on swivel mount, muzzle loading with touch hole on top for match. Belled octagonal muzzle. Mounts for touch hole cover at rear and foresight (the latter in the form of a dragon).

Overall L: 18.5 in (469mm)
Barrel L: 13.75 in (349mm)
Calibre : approx .1in (25mm)
Event Date 21/2/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu