An exhibition entitled "Handicraft weapons and weapon accessories" was opened in the Local Museum in Pljevlja.
The exhibition was organized as a product of cooperation between the Museums and Galleries of Nikšić and the Local Museum in Pljevlja.
Cold and firearms, accessories, as well as fancy dress were presented along with drawings by the famous Montenegrin painter Ilija Šobajić.
At the opening, the director of the Native Museum, Dejana Drobnjak, author of the exhibition, ethnologist curator Vera Luburić, as well as Violeta Vukosavljević, head of the Museum working unit within the JU Museums and Galleries Nikšić, spoke at the opening.
Drobnjak said that the objects presented are permanent exhibits of the museum in Nikšić, which is currently in the process of reconstruction.
"Weapons are something that is associated with conflicts, and sometimes they can also represent supreme works of human creativity and decoration. With this exhibition, we wanted to express the other, artistic side of weapons," said Drobnjak.
Exposed examples of scythes, knives, sabers, flintlocks, jefferdars are presented as small masterpieces of blacksmithing skills.
"Skillful craftsmen decorated their works with realistic and animalistic motifs, abstract ideas and individual imagination. The decoration had a dual purpose. To decorate, but also to give warmth to objects. At the same time, it also had a symbolic function due to the belief that the oriental writing is miraculous and that it protects the one who carries this weapon. With that, this exhibition can be multidisciplinary analyzed from the historical aspect from which these exhibits, trophy weapons from the 18th and 19th centuries. "From the ethnological aspect, where you can analyze the development of the Kujundžija craftsmanship and the production of authentic objects, and also from the artistic aspect," said Drobnjak.
All exhibited specimens, she pointed out, belong to long-life weapons.
"These are authentic products from 17,18. and 19th century, made in Debra and Damascus and other cities of the Middle East, and later in workshops in Kotor, Perast, Foča and Shkodër. This collection, which is kept in the Nikšić Native Museum, is one of the richest in Montenegro," said Drobnjak.
The author of the exhibition, Vera Luburić, said that the display includes examples of cold and firearms.
"Within the exhibition, the weapons of prominent historical figures, Duke Mirko Petrović, Duke Šak Petrović, Pope Milo Jovović, and Novak Ramov Jovović, are highlighted. In addition to weapons, we decided to present men's and women's costumes, which, together with weapons, represented a symbol of prestige and honor," Luburić said.
Those interested can view these exceptional examples of weapons on display until May 12, weekdays from 10 a.m. to 15 p.m. and from 18 p.m. to 20 p.m.
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