Subject: κλέφτης klepht[is] / palikari bandit
Culture: Roumeli Greek
Setting: banditry, Roumelia 18th-19thc
Object: koumpoura pistol
* Virginia War Museum > Fowler Gallery of Arms
"FLINTLOCK PISTOL, GREECE, c. 1820
Smooth bore, dueling or horseman's pistol witih brass barrel bands. The trigger guard and sideplate are carved while the brass mountings and lockplate are engraved with leaves and scrolls"
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