Puginal of the kama type, Caucasus, circa 1800.

scabbard length 475 mm, scabbard length 440 mm, head length 320 mm, head width at base 40 mm, scabbard weight 350 g, scabbard weight with suspension 975 g

The hilt is open, straight, narrowed in the middle, with a prominent head, covered entirely with richly decorated silver plate, fused to the shaft of the head with two brass rivets, covered on the outside with silver semicircles decorated with granulation. The handle on the outside is decorated with granulation and floral vicia made in filigree technique. On the inner side and on the sides, the handle is decorated with floral vivise in the technique of niello. The hilt is wide, straight, double-edged, profiled on both sides in three narrow furrows running from the root to the beginning of the feather with a bone. Under the root, three armor marks are stamped on the outer side. P o c h w a s fully clad in richly decorated silver plate. On the outer side decorated with filigree technique in two reserves surrounded by an unfluted border and granulation. On the inside it is decorated on the entire surface with unillustrated floral vicia and an inscription in Georgian in the upper part. Spur shoe completely covered with granulation. The leather belt with rapiers has silver hardware, buckles and buttons decorated with unillumination and filigree. On one of the tips an inscription in Georgian.
state of preservation: 5/5/5/5