Antique Carved Wooden Cossack Powderhorn

Description

Antique Carved Wooden Ukrainian Cossack Powderhorn. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.
Antique Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack gun powder flask with heart-shaped body carved from hardwood. It is decorated with low relief carved traditional Ukrainian decorative patterns.
age and usage, with a dark patina.
The surface and relief edges are smoothed and polished from handling over hundreds of years. due to its age and handling it also has some flaws. Specifically, the metal strip made to cover the seam of the two joined halves is largely missing, a metal ring and leather loop is all that remains of the chain or leash which secured it to a sword, and the cap does not appear to be original. 8.75 inches tall with cap, and 4 inches wide.
Three very similar powder flasks from the Ukrainian State museums are published in the book: ("Ukrainian Cossack State" by Volodymyr Nedyak) Page: 239. Also similar Ukrainian Cossack powder flask is published in the book Kozaczyzna by Romuald Romanski.