The
collection of hunting gear in our museum has been replenished with a valuable
and interesting acquisition. One of the employees presented a wooden powder
flask from the late 19th century from Afghanistan to the funds. Similar powder
flasks were used by local residents to load ancient matchlock and flintlock
guns.
The wooden powder flask has the shape of an eggplant. The main part where the gunpowder was stored is disc-shaped. The outer side of the powder flask is decorated using carving technique with a traditional Central Asian ornament with plant motifs. In the upper part of the powder flask, under the elongated metal neck, there is a figured plate, decorated with perforations, which performed both a decorative and utilitarian function of fixing the neck.
On the
reverse side, which turns out to be near the owner’s body when the powder flask
is worn, covered with light brown leather, secured with small nails, two loops
of copper wire are attached, connected to each other by a thin rawhide strap,
which probably served as a suspension.
17 January 2024
Re-exposition of the display case “Wetland complex of Losiny Island”
25 December 2023
Gifts to the museum: drawings by M. D. Ezuchevsky and a screen made according to the artist’s sketch
11 December 2023
The exhibition “Big Portrait for Small Company” from the collection of the State Darwin Museum opened in China
1 December 2023
“Image/s of the North in Russian and European art” Interdisciplinary scientific conference