Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. steel, bone, mother of pearl, brass, wood, leather; forging, carving yatagan: 550 : 410 : 28 mm; scabbard: 520 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013047 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of bone, with mother of pearl and longish, semicircular ears. Band of simple metal. Continuation of the hilt of brass. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On one side of the blade is an impressed but unreadable mark. Wooden scabbard, leather covered, with the mouth and tip brass mounted. The mounting at the tip ends with an extended sphere. At the mouth the mounting has a welded lug. 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. 127; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 116; 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. 58.