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anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1850

After Java was brought entirely under Dutch rule during the Java War (1825–1830), the Dutch sought to gain control of the other Indonesian islands as well. Various military expeditions were mounted to force the rulers of these islands to recognize Dutch authority. These cannons were seized during those battles. One is an old Dutch East India Company cannon of 1667.

  • Artwork typelilla
  • Object numberNG-MC-1072
  • Dimensionstotal: length 92 cm x diameter 11.2 cm, length 11 cm, length 81 cm, calibre 2.8 cm, total: weight 18.6 kg
  • Physical characteristicsbronze

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Captured Ordnance
    • Lantaka

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1072

  • Description

    Bronzen voorlader op mik. De ronde loop heeft een trompetvormige monding en het achtergedeelte is dikker. Holle staart voor een houten richtstok. Aan weerszijden van het zundgat een vierkante knop voor een zundgatdeksel. Vóór het zundgat een ruitvormig ornament. De ogen van de mik zijn geheel om de de tappen heen gesmeed, zodat het stuk niet uit de mik getild kan worden.

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Creation

  • Creation

    gun founder: anonymous, Indonesian Archipelago (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1750 - c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    bronze

  • Dimensions

    • total: length 92 cm x diameter 11.2 cm
    • length 11 cm
    • length 81 cm
    • calibre 2.8 cm
    • total: weight 18.6 kg

Explanatory note

  • Op 12 en 15 november 1843 werden twee lilla's (NG-MC-1071 & 1072) in de wateren van Soemanap door Z.M. stoomschip Phoenix onder bevel van Ltz J.W. Stoll, bij een gevecht buitgemaakt waarbij zeven zeeroversvaartuigen werden gezonken. Deze lilla is geschikt voor kogel van circa 0.35 pond.

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  • Period

    1843-11-12 - 1843-11-15

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Lantaka

? Indonesian Archipelago, c. 1750 - c. 1850

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1072

Entry

Bronze muzzle-loading gun on a swivel.

The gun has a bell-shaped muzzle, the barrel thickens at the first reinforcement. It has a tubular hollow cascabel button to fit a wooden tiller. To each side of the vent, a square button is positioned on which a vent cover can be secured. In front of the vent, a diamond-shaped ornament is positioned. The trunnion rings of the bronze yoke are forged around the trunnions, so that the gun cannot be removed from the yoke.

The original inventory states that this gun is made of iron and has a 2 cm calibre. Identification is based on the length and a process of elimination, and is therefore uncertain.

This lantaka and NG-MC-1071 were captured on 12 and 15 November 1843 in the waters of Soemanap by the Dutch paddle steamer Phoenix under the command of Lieutenant 1st class J.W. Stoll, in a battle in which seven pirate vessels were sunk.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1072

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Lantaka, Indonesian Archipelago, c. 1750 - c. 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20018650

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