"Yataghan" Sabre & Scabbard
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: 18-19th C. Ottoman yataghan likely of the Greek provinces and of maritime origin. The handle scales are walrus ivory. The blade displays fine gold koftgari with numerous inscriptions in Arabic. The shape of the handle is of an earlier style with a grooved area for the forefingers. The scabbard fittings are chased and repoussed silver and feature sailing ships, a common connotation of Ottoman maritime used weapons.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Turkey (Türkiye), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Greek (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 109552
label: USNM Number
content: E276713-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword/Sheath