Sword and Sheath "Yatagan"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Dec 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1867
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. A. B. Campbell
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of Defense
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG SLENDER IRON ARROW HEAD WITH ONE-SIDE BARB. FLANGED, SPLIT SOCKET AT THE END. FIBER CORD TIED TO SOCKET END. GOOD CONDITION. MED. MUSEUM DOCUMENTATION INDICATES THERE ORIGINALLY WAS AN ENTIRE ARROW "WITH DETACHABLE...HEAD, FOR LARGE GAME; FEATHERED SHAFT." LONG SHEATHED SWORD PERPORTED BY DONOR TO COME FROM BAGTCHE, SERAI, THE OLD TARTAR CAPITOL OF THE CRIMEA, UKRAINE. (1/2) SWORD (L. 85CM. W. 3.5CM). SINGLE EDGED SWORD WITH WIDE BACK EDGE. BLADE CURVES SLIGHTLY INTO CUTTING EDGE. BLADE ETCHED W/ ARABIC SCRIPT ON ONE SIDE AND SMALL DESIGNS ON BOTH SIDES. NO GUARD. HILT OF TWO DARK (HORN?) PIECES RIVETED TO EITHER SIDE OF TONG. POMMEL SPREADS OUT IN LARGE WINGS. GOOD COND. SOME CORROSION, POINT END HAS BEEN DAMAGED. (2/2) SHEATH (L. 75CM., W. 5.5CM) WOODEN 2 PIECE CORE BOUND OVERALL WITH DARK TANNED LEATHER. LEATHER MUCH CUT AND DETERIORATED, METAL TIP HAS BEEN ADDED. REF.: STONE, 1934, P. 676.
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. Ottoman Turkish yataghan, leather scabbard, black horn grips, with an inscription on the blade.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkish
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364983
label: USNM Number
content: E424609-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 85 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Sword
content: 3.5 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 75 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2, Sheath
content: 5.5 cm