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Color photo of a man and woman in Dagestan, 1904

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Color photo of a man and woman in Dagestan, 1904

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HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

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What are all those little tubes (bottles?) on his robe?
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  They are tubes of measured gunpowder for muzzle loaders.
  
  Edit: the tubes themselves are called gazyrs

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