Outside of the Museum of Five Continents, there are a few more museums in Munich that have the occasional ethnographic item. For example, in the Hunting and Fishing Museum there is a very nice Bosnian shishane with a lovely damascus barrel. They also have a couple of beautifully carved Persian or Indian powder flasks.
The Bavarian national museum has a hunting rifle with an Ottoman damascus barrel and an interesting stock covered in mother of pearl in a fish scale patter, reminiscent of Indian work.
If you go to Nymphenburg palace, there is a pair of Ottoman stirrups in a collection of equestrian accessories.
Nuremberg is not far from Munich by train and in the castle collection of arms and armor there are two little cannons with Ottoman trophy barrels.
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