Bandolier

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A bandolier was a strap of clothing, a belt similar to a baldric, worn across the torso from the waist to the shoulder. It was often used for carrying equipment or ammunition which could be attached onto the strap for easy access. Bandoliers were usually slung sash-style over the shoulder and chest, with the ammunition pockets across the midriff and chest. Though functionally similar, they are distinct from chest rigs, which are designed to hold magazines instead. The bandoliers worn by soldiers and pirates beginning in the 16th century were strung with wooden flasks containing charges of gunpowder, to speed up the process of loading a musket. Usually numbering twelve, the powder bottles were often referred to as "apostles".

History

During the quest for the legendary Sword of Cortés, young Jack Sparrow saw Left-Foot Louis' crew members from the Cutlass taking advantage of the deserted town of Puerto San Judas to do some looting, noticing the clothing these men wore—kerchiefs around their heads, swords at their sides, and bandoliers across their shoulders—didn't look like the kind of thing the friendly citizens of Puerto San Judas would be sporting.^[1]

Members of Captain Hector Barbossa's cursed crew wore bandoliers during their quest in which they searched for gold and blood to lift the Aztec curse. Jacoby notably wore a bandolier of grenades across his chest. Another member of Barbossa's crew, Weatherby, strangely wore a musketeer's bandolier despite that he seemingly did not carry a gun.^[2] During Captain Jack Sparrow's own quest to regain the Black Pearl, he took off his bandolier, which jingled with trinkets, and ceremoniously handed them to Royal Marines Mullroy and Murtogg before diving into the water to save Elizabeth Swann at the harbour of Port Royal.^[3]

Behind the scenes

Bandoliers first appeared in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.^[2] They were first identified in the 2006 book Jack Sparrow: The Pirate Chase.^[1]

In Elizabeth Rudnick's junior novelization for The Curse of the Black Pearl, Captain Jack Sparrow's sword belt was described as a bandolier, which jingled with trinkets.^[3] Despite this, Jack's sword belt was mostly identified as a belt, originally detailed within Irene Trimble's junior novelization,^[4] or as a baldric, as detailed in the 2011 novel The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin.^[5]