Subject: غازى ġāzī desert raider

Culture: Moroccan

Setting: French/Spanish/civil wars, Morocco 1844-1912

Object: moukhala musket

Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *

Powder flask

Moroccan, Tangiers,

19th century

Powder for charging muskets and pistols was carried in large powder horns.

This one is formed of cow horn, with silvered brass bittings.

The cap also acts as a powder measure, and has an ingenious locking mechanism." ...

* Dar Si Said

"Spécimens de fusils

Bois, os, cuivre, Fer

Début de XX S

Marrakech" ...

event photos <

* Musée de Marrakech

"Fusil - Maroc sud 1er moitié du XX ème siècle

en bois argent Incrustation ciselure

event photos

* Carnegie Museum of Natural History > Hall of African Wildlife

"HIGH DRAMA IN THE NORTH AFRICAN DESERT ..."

* Museo Nacional de Antropología > Africa

"Espingarda y polvorera. Arabe. Marruecos."

* Museu Militar

"ESPINGARDA 'KABYLE'

Origem: Norte de África Época: Século XVIII-XIX Calibre: 15mm Comp.total: 148 cm

Espingarda de carregamento pela boca e fecho tipo 'Snaphance'. Guarnições e embutidos da coronha e do fuste, de prata e marfim.

"Arma muito popular entre as tribos Berberes de Argélia, Tunísia, Marrocos e especialmente no seio da tribo Kabyle, nome pelo qual ficou mundialmente conhecida."

* Coyote's Paw

> event photos