Gazyr Gunpowder Holder Set10 Pieces 15cm approx wood with silver caps. Gazyr was an implement to hold a rifle charge: a tube with a bullet and a measure of gunpowder or a paper cartridge. They were carried in gazyr bags or in rows of small pockets on the breast. Later gazyr pockets has become a distinctive element of national dress of the peoples of Caucasus, such as Georgian chokha. The Kartli-Kakheti chokha costume is longer than the Khevsur chokha and has triangle-like shapes on the chest, exposing the inner cloth called arkhalukhi. It tends to have gazyrs
on both sides of the chest-spaces. This antique set was sourced in Istanbul and is of Corsican origin
