The VOC was one of the active and even powerful trading partners in the archipelago in the monopoly of trade, especially spices. It began with the arrival of Cornelis de Houtman who arrived at the port of Banten in 1596, and with the opening of the shipping lanes, more and more Dutch ships came with the aim of trading to the archipelago.
As a trading partner, the VOC owns the Oktroi Rights. One of them may have an army. The replica of this short-barreled weapon is a visualization of one of the weapons used by VOC soldiers during their occupation of the archipelago.