Sword (Shamshir)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1961
name: label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John O. La Gorce
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 18th C. Ottoman Turkish shamshir. Grip is composed of two rhinocerous horn scales of typical Ottoman shape and color.Blade is watered steel, wootz, with gold caligraphic designs and inscription, inlaid and overlaid at the forte.Scabbard is leather over a wood core with gold decorated mounts.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye), Asia
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: 229198
label: USNM Number
content: E398855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword