Logo Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
    Arms and Armoury Collection
         LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, end of 18th - 19th century
    Ottoman Empire : Balkans
    steel, bone, metal sheet; forging, carving, hammering
    yatagan: 670 : 545 : 30 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-026483


    DESCRIPTION:
    Hilt with yellowish-brown bone plates, formed like smaller rounded ears. The connecting band of the hilt has baroque ornamentation. Sheet metal continuation of the hilt made at a later time. Blade singled-edged, curved, with two narrow fullers along the ridge.
    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. 184.