"Yataghan" Sabre & Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1930
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Emeline W. Kennan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Scabbard of red velvet with mountings of repousse silver and silver gilt; blade inlaid with ornaments and inscriptions in gold. Grip of ivory."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Fine 19th C. Ottoman Turkish yataghan. Walrus ivory eared grips with silver gilt mounts with silver protrusions of the Balkan type. Scabbard is mounted in red velvet with chased and repoussed silver gilt fittings of Ottoman vegetal motifs. Blade features fine caligraphic inscription on both sides and features vestiges of a latent damascus or watered steel pattern. Possibly earlier than 19th C.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye) (not certain)
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: E276712-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath