Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, September 6, 1878. Ottoman Empire : Bosnia : Prijedor. Made by Osman, owner Ali. steel, bone, copper, silver, wood, leather; forging, carving, punching, damascening, filigree work yatagan: 507 : 395 : 29 mm; scabbard: 455 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000281 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with smallish rounded ears. The joining band of metal, decorated with filigree work. Continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade of metal, also filigree-decorated. On the continuation of the hilt, filigree ringlets. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight. On one side of the blade, silver damascened plant and linear ornamentation and inscription in Latin script: "Priedor, 6/9 1878", and on the other side an Arabic text that in translation runs: 'Made by Osman, owner Ali'. Found in Bosnia. From the Dr Josip Fon Collection, Zagreb. 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. 91; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 79; 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. 39.