Subject: ज़मींदार zamīndār noble

Culture: Rajput

Setting: Maratha wars / late Mughal empire, Hindustan 18th-early 19thc

Object: bandukh toradar matchlock musket, barutdan gunpowder horn

Curious House *

Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *

"Powder flask (barutdan) Indian, Rajasthan, 19th century

This wooden powder flask is carved in the shape of a sea monster (makara). The whole is lacquered black with painted decoration. On either side of the body is painted a Rajput lady holding a flask and a cup." ...

* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery

"Matchlock musket (toradar) Indian, Awadh (Oudh), early 19th century"

* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery

"Matchlock musket (toradar) Central Indian, Narwar, 19th century" ....

* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery

"Matchlock musket (toradar) Indian, Rajasthan, early 19th century

The matchlock musket was the usual weapon of the infantry of the Princely States by the early 19th century.

This example is unusual in having two complete lock mechanisms, allowing it to fire two shots." ...

Museu do Oriente *

"POWDER FLASK Gujarat? North India? 17th century Ivory, brass, lacquer(?) ...

This type of piece was first produced for western markets and with exports to European precise objects beginning in the late 16th century as Europe. [SIC] Given the fragility of the material and decoration, this powder flask was an adornment used for hunting."

* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery

"Powder flask Indian, early 19th century

The flask is shaped as a nautilus shell. The decoration is of ivory and ebony carved sections,

finely carved with flowers and foliage. Both ends are capped with ivory, and the nozzle plug is made from turned ivory." ...