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    Arms and Armoury Collection
         REMODELLED YATAGAN, hilt: second half of the 18th century - around 1830; blade: beginning of 18th century
    steel, silver; forging, etching
    yatagan: 780 : 640 : 35 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-018141


    DESCRIPTION:
    Hilt of dark bone, with quite large truncated ears. The joining band of metal, decorated with plant ornamentation, and on the continuation of the hilt with fish scale motif. The blade is remodelled from a sword, steel, double-edged, with a wide fuller in the middle. On both sides of the blade in the upper part is a depiction of a baroque vine scroll ornament, an allegorical figure with sword in hand (Hannibal) and the inscription 'Cartago'.
    Wants scabbard.
    Given Nikola Hribar of Velika Gorica, 1937.

    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. 190;
    Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 173;
    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. 81.