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gun, spring alarm

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    percussion spring gun (alternative)

    poachers gun (alternative)

    spring alarm gun, anti-poaching device used in the Bay of Islands (alternative)

    trap gun (alternative)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    spring alarm gun, anti-poaching device used in the Bay of Islands

    percussion action; 15mm bore; has solid bracket for attaching to post; triggering device with tripwire arms, one arm broken off; hole for safety pin in top arm

    markings:

    maker's name: C. OSBORNE

    Maker: C. Osborne

  • Wāhi
    England
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Bay of Islands/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1926.168
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1926
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    A7038 (arms)

    col.0492 (colonial)

    10279 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    History

    War History

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Mātātuhi

  • gun, spring alarm, 1926.168, A7038, col.0492, 10279, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 31 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, spring alarm, 1926.168, A7038, col.0492, 10279, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 31 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, spring alarm, 1926.168, A7038, col.0492, 10279, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 31 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, spring alarm, 1926.168, A7038, col.0492, 10279, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 31 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, spring alarm, 1926.168, A7038, col.0492, 10279, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 31 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • gun, spring alarm A7038

Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1926.168, A7038, col.0492, 10279
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     C Osborne & Company (Gunmaker)

  • Wāhi
    England
  • Rā
    Circa 1800
  • Tuhipoka Hāngai

    spring gun, an anti-poaching device made in the UK but acquired by donor from the Bay of Islands where it is believed to have been used

  • Wāhi Hāngai

    Bay of Islands/New Zealand

  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    overall length: 190mm
    barrel length: 65mm
    height: 100mm
    bore: 15mm (.51")
  • Raraunga Ine

    190mm

    65mm

    93mm

    120mm

  • Huinga Kaupapa

    poaching

  • Taumata whakarōpū

    gun, spring alarm

    firearms

    arms & armaments

  • Whakahounga o Mua
    15 May 2023
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