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Matchhock gun

A muzzle-loading gun with an octagonal barrel of iron and having a grooved black of ivory besides its upper end. Traces of golden work at either end of the barrel. cleanups. missing. I work iron rings attached it the gun-stock. wooden butt has ivory geometrical motifs in intaglios. damaged.

Kind
artefact
Date
1500–1599 CE