Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, second half of the 18th century to 1830 Ottoman Empire : Balkans steel, bone, metal; forging, carving yatagan: 650 : 520 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000292 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with smallish truncated ears. Band and continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade of metal. On the joining band and the leaf-shaped decoration, baroque ornamentation. Fish scale decoration on the continuation of the hilt. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. Wants scabbard. Found in Bosnia. Given by M. Gorsetic, secondary school boy, 1895. 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. 138; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 122..