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, wood, leather, brass; forging, carving yatagan: 685 : 570 : 32 mm; scabbard: 585 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-021921
DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone, with smallish fused ears. Hilt decorated with series of engraved circles. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. Wooden scabbard, mounted entirely in brass, with lug welded on the ridge.
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. 142; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 126.
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