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: Uncommon 19th C. Caucasian shamshir. Most Caucasian swords are rarely of the shamshir type. This example breaks that convention and features a richly watered wootz steel blade with silver gilt and niello enamelled fittings. The handle scales are of the outer layer of walrus tooth and the crossguard is ensuite matching with the rest of the fittings.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Caucasus, Georgia (not certain) / Azerbaijan (not certain) / Armenia (not certain) / Russia (not certain), Asia / Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 109552
label: USNM Number
content: E276695-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword / Sheath