jezail, flintlock, jezail
Accession Number

NAM.1967-07-1-8

Description

Jezail, 1814 (c). The lock is stamped with the East Indian Company rampant lion. Screws and other parts of the lock are missing. Wooden stock broken in many areas. Stock of red-brown wood in usual hooked form with mother-of-pearl inlay. Carved decoration on the butt. Barrel bound to stock with gilt brass bands. Remains of metal ramrod; the barrel is of Indian manufacture, but the weapon was probably produced in Afghanistan. Leather strap bound around the butt.