Jump to content

File:Japanese Arquebus and Bali Long Gun.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (995 × 173 pixels, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Cropped image showing 2 weapons:
1. Matchlock. 4 ft. 5 in. long, barrel 3 ft. 3 in., diameter of little finger. Silver-gilt pattern of dragon, floral decorations engraved on it. Name and crest of Daimio, tho whose retainer it belonged, also engraved on it. Butt of light-coloured wood. (Brought from japan by Reginald Cholmondeley, Esq.)
2. Long Gun. Barrel 5 ft. 4 in. long, with short stock, 11 in., with Malay, Indian, and Chinese ornaments, made probably at Bali, with Javanese inscription on brass spring of the trigger. (Guthrie Collection)

Uploader note: The upper gun is Japanese tanegashima arquebus (135 cm long), while the lower gun is Balinese istinggar (190.5 cm long).
Date Original: 1896. Cropped by uploader in 2020.
Source The Right Hon. Lord Egerton of Tatton, M. A. . (1896). A Description Of Indian And Oriental Armour, Illustrated From the Collection Formerly in the India Office, now Exhitibted at South Kensington, and the Author's Private Collection. London: W. H. Allen & Co..
Author Wilbraham Egerton (Earl Egerton), Lord Egerton of Tatton
Other versions

Licensing

Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:52, 10 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 12:52, 10 May 2020995 × 173 (114 KB)Verosaurus{{Information |description ={{en|1=Cropped image showing 2 weapons:<br>1. Matchlock. 4 ft. 5 in. long, barrel 3 ft. 3 in., diameter of little finger. Silver-gilt pattern of dragon, floral decorations engraved on it. Name and crest of Daimio, tho whose retainer it belonged,also engraved on it. Butt of light-coloured wood. (''Brought from japan by Reginald Cholmondeley, Esq.'')<br>2. Long Gun. Barrel 5 ft. 4 in. long, with short stock, 11 in., with Malay, Indian, and Chinese ornaments, made p...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata