Scimitar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1930
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Emeline W. Kennan
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Fine 18th C. Ottoman Empire shamshir sword of very fine quality. This example is related to 276694 which is of very similar construction and design. The blade on this example of very richly watered wootz steel of complex activity. Silver gilt fittings are richly chased and repoussed of quasi-Greek motifs and style. The grips are dark rhinocerous horn, with the hair grain pattern highly visible.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye), Asia
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: E276693-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword