Logo Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
    Arms and Armoury Collection
         LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century
    Ottoman Empire : Balkans
    steel, bone, brass; forging, carving
    yatagan: 685 : 555 : 35 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013044


    DESCRIPTION:
    A hilt of yellow bone, with smallish truncated and joined ears. The joining band and continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade with plant ornamentation. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved.
    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. 161;
    Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 145;
    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. 70.