Subject: alighol warrior
Culture: Sindi
Setting: Sindh 18-19thc
Object: toradar gun
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Matchlock 3-barrelled gun Indian, Sindi, 18th century
The three barrels are mounted side by side in a plain wooden stock. A powder tray on top connects all the touch holes.
When the lighted match is placed in the powder tray all three barrels are discharged together." ...
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Flintlock Gun Steel, ebony, enameled gold Indian (Sind), about 1835
Guns of this type, with sharply curved, flaring butts and mounts in enameled gold of Iranian manufacture, are typical of Sind, now a province of southern Pakistan. The British lock is inscribed: H. M. (possibly the London gunmaker Harvey Walkelate Mortimer, 1753-1817). It may be a remnant of the firearms given to the mirs, rulers of Sind, by the British government. The barrel, possibly made locally, is of boldly patterned Damascus steel. The gilt muzzle is in the shape of a dragon's head, the eyes set with rubies and emeralds." ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
The breech and muzzle are decorated with gold. The butt on this type of musket was placed under the arm for aiming and firing."
Matchlock musket (toradar) Indian, Sind, 18th century *
This long-barrelled musket has its stock painted and decorated with flowers.
The breech and muzzle are decorated with gold.
The butt on this type of musket was placed under the arm for aiming and firing." ...
