Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, end of the 18th century - early 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans steel, bone, metal, wood, leather; forging, carving yatagan: 610 : 490 : 30 mm; scabbard: 550 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000302 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone, with smallish faceted ears. The joining band of metal, grooved. Continuation of the hilt simple, with three horizontal relief strips, ending in the form of a semicircle with grooves. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. Scabbard wooden, leather clad, metal mounted at mouth and tip. Found in Bosnia. Donated by Ivan Pajlok, a teacher in Zagreb. 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. 154; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 138; 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. 65.