In the late nineteen's and
early twentieth centuries Caucasian armourers produced a special kind of
cavalry sword, the socalled "shashka", or "long knife ", resembling a
sabre but with the blade only slightly curved and without a crossguard.
Quite varied is belonging to the period of the late Middle Ages:
hauberks, breastplates, armlets, leggings and greaves, shields and
sabres, all kinds of halberds and helmets. Used by Caucasian warriors,
such weaponry was both imported and made in the Caucasus.
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Bronze dagger.
15th century B.C. |
Battle-axe.
17th-18th cent. |
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Detail of bronze
sword and head of
mace,15th B.C. |
Helmet, armlet.
truncheon,
18th cent. |
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Detail of flintlock gun,
cartridge box and powder
flask. 19th cent. |
19th-centure
percussion-cap gun,
detail |
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Knives,
18th cent.. |
Dagger with
scabbard.
19th cent. |
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Armlet
and helmet.
18th cent. |
Staff.
17th cent., |
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Flintlock pistols
and breast cartridge
pockets.18th-19th cent. |
Flintlock pistols
with oil cup, first half
of 19th cent. |
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