Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      BRASS-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. steel, brass, wood; forging, carving, damascening, casting yatagan: 650 : 530 : 30 mm; scabbard: 555 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013046 DESCRIPTION: A hilt made of brass, with semicircular ears, decorated with baroque ornamentation. Joining bad of brass, decorated with engraved vine scrolls. Continuation of the hilt of brass, decorated in the top half with grooves, while the leaf-shaped decoration on the blade has no decoration. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with one narrow and one broad fuller along the ridge. In the upper part of the blade, engraved vine scroll decoration. Wooden scabbard, clad in ornamented brass. 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. 173; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 157; Jatagane aus dem Historischen Museum von Kroatien in Zagreb (Agram). Sonderausstellung im Landeszeughaus 9. April - 7. Juni 1976. Graz : Landeszeughaus am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 1976. Kat. Nr. 75.