"Yataghan" Saber, 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 entirely of silver gilt repousse as is grip. Grip set with jewels, 3 missing. Plain blade." Attributed on card as "Probably Turkey" by EIK [Eugene I. Knez, Curator for Asian Ethnology].
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. Ottoman Turkish yataghan sword, likely originating from the Balkan region judging by the low quality relief silver work and the decoration at the top of the scabbard. The blade is madeof watered steel, sham wootz of linear display. The unusual handle features several inset semi-precious or paste stones, now missing three. The scabbard and handle are of low relief repoussed silver work.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Balkans (not certain), 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: E276714-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath