Ramrod with tongs, workshop product from Kosovo and Metohija. Circular barrel of iron plate, decorated with incised rings. At the lower end there is a facetted brass ending for tamping gunpowder charge, seals and balls in the barrel of a gun. At the top there is atonginsert thread for catching fresh cast balls. Tongs have a handle made of alternating set of brass and bone rings. The handle ends in spherical brass decoration with the axis of ring belt. Ring missing. Length: 41 cm. Inv. No. MKN - i 33.
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