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>>1845 Chechen murid
>>>powder measures
Subject: murid, mourtazek warrior
Culture: Chechen, Dagesh, Circassian
Setting: Caucasian wars, north Caucasus 1834-1864
Object: bustam, gaziry powder measures

​Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Priming flask  Russian, Caucasus, 19th century
  The flattened horn body of this flask is fitted with nielloed silver mounts.  It has a long spring-loaded release lever.
  Niello decoration is the filling-in of engraved patterns on metal with a black or bluish sulphide mixture which is then fused in place using heat."





* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Cartridge Cases  Wood, horn, silver, niello
Caucasian, 19th century"
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​* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
​"Powder flask and ramrod  Russian, Caucasus, 19th century  
The metal flask and ramrod are connected together 
and would have been attached to a belt.  
Ramrods were quite often carried separately 
from the pistols and worn around the neck.'' ...