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    Arms and Armoury Collection
         DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century
    Ottoman empire : Balkans. Made by Husein, owner Ahmed.
    steel, bone, copper, silver; forging, carving, damascening
    yatagan: 670 : 530 : 32 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-018145


    DESCRIPTION:
    Hilt of dark bone, with quite large truncated ears. Continuation of the hilt simple, of copper. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On one side of the blade a silver damascened decoration, and on the other side an Arabic translation that in translation runs: 'Made by Husein, owner Ahmed'. Wants scabbard.

    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. 126;
    Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 115.