Dagger "Kindjal"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Marvin B. Patterson
label: Collector
content: Hon. Jefferson Patterson
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Marvin B. Patterson
notes: label: Notes
content: SHARP POINTED, SLIGHTLY TAPERED STEEL BLADE, GROOVED ON EACH SIDE, INSERTED IN A CREAM COLORED BONE HANDLE, WITH GOLD INLAID PINS. SHEATH IS CLOTH COVERED WOOD, COVERED WITH SILVER AT EACH END. STAMPED WITH TWO PAIRS OF MARKS (? TURKISH). REFERENCE: GEORGE STONE, "GLOSSARY...ARMS & ARMOR", P. 358, FIG. 450.
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Early 19th C. Ottoman Turkish kindjal dagger. Solid elephant ivory grip carved in traditional Ottoman fluted shape. Blade is watered steel wootz of qama profile. Scabbard is mounted in silver and velvet. Both silver mounts displays a sultan's tughra marking.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Caucasus, Turkey (Türkiye)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 360968
label: USNM Number
content: E422863-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 49.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm