Knife (Bichaq)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1961
name: label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John O. La Gorce
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Straight bladed, with a straight winged hilt, no guard. The blade is back, backing elaborately decorated. Handle of ivory. One side of blade decorated with scroll and Arab writing in center, sheath brass, elaborate repousse work, ending in open mouthed dragon head. Date in Arabic 1878 A. D. (May be year off). Consult Stone, pp. 112."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. Typical Ottoman Empire Greece Yataghan bichaq dagger with ivory grip scales and chased and repoussed silver scabbard. The blade has inscriptions in Arabic. This style of dagger is associated with Crete.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Crete (not certain), Turkey (Türkiye) / Greece (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkish
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 229198
label: USNM Number
content: E398851-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife