Scimitar Or Saber and Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1930
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Emeline W. Kennan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card for E276695 and 6: "Damascus [steel] blade, cross handles with curve at end of grip. Green and blue velvet scabbard. Cleaned. See Restoration Record # 73, 2-20-64."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 18th C. Ottoman Turkish shamshir. Silver gilded chased and repoussed fittings, over woden core with blue velvet covering. The handle is made of faceted rhinocerous horn grips scales. The blade displays a fine wootz pattern.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 109552
label: USNM Number
content: E276696-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath