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    Arms and Armoury Collection
         DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 1818 - 1819.
    Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Hasan, owner Omer.
    steel, bone, wood, leather, silver; forging, carving, damascening, casting, filigree work
    yatagan: 645 : 515 : 30 mm; scabbard: 575 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013096


    DESCRIPTION:
    Hilt of dark bone, with fairly small truncated ears. The joining band of metal with a simple continuation of the hilt. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side a silver damascened Arabic inscription, that in translation runs: '1234. (AH) Made by Hasan, owner Omer'. Wooden scabbard, with preserved metal mounting on mouth and tip. Leaf-shaped ornament on the blade and leather wrapping of the scabbard wanting.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:
    Boskovic, Dora. Zbirka jatagana u Hrvatskom povijesnom muzeju u Zagrebu = The Yatagan Collection of the Croatian History Museum, Zagreb. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XLI. Zagreb : Hrvatski povijesni muzej, 2006. Kat. No. 61;
    Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 51.