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    Arms and Armoury Collection
         LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, second half of the 18th century to 1830.
    Ottoman Empire : Balkans.
    steel, bone, metal; forging, carving
    yatagan: 660 : 525 : 32 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-018160


    DESCRIPTION:
    A hilt of yellow bone, with smallish truncated ears. Band and continuation of the hilt of metal. On the joining band, baroque ornamentation, and on the continuation of the hilt, fish scale decoration. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge.
    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. 137;
    Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 121.