Canon at the Brunei Museum

Donated by the British High Com in 1972 to the Museum. Another one was placed at the 12 Roof (Bumbungan Dua Belas), the former residance of the British Residents/High Com until the middle of 1980s...










Hmm... history relates that Brunei cannons were taken by the British in the 18th or 19th century and melted for bullets in their fight in Europe during that time...

Some say Brunei cannons were a lot then, but the colonialists who visited Brunei at that time noted that the canons were just for display... it wasnt really functioning they say....