Lead cylinder for fire piston. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lead cylinder for fire piston. [MJD (Verve) 5/9/2017]
Long description: Cylinder of lead (or lead and tin), cast in a bivalve bamboo mould, with a broad, rounded notch on one side near the lower end, from which a perforated duct leads to the bottom of the bore of the cylinder; base of the cylinder of unsymmetrical form and concave; the cylinder decorated at the lower end with faintly raised, foliated designs, and at the upper end with punched or incised zigzags;
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Sabah
Person: Field collector Leicester Paul Beaufort; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1890
Date collected: 1890
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Lead Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions: Diameter: max 18 mm, Length: max 103 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.90.1 Other numbers: 770

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