Yatagan Sword
- Dated: 1820
- Culture: Ottoman, Turkey
- Medium: Steel, silver, wood
- Dimensions: full length: 68.5 cm; blade length: 51, 5 cm
Turkish sword with a steel blade, with a simple edge, ornamented with a Qur’anic sentence on one side, and a floral arabesque on the other. Both sides are engraved in inlayed silver. Wooden hilt in the characteristic shape of “ears”, with silver appliqués, in the centre, which are carried through the upper section of the blade.
Source & Copyright: Caravana Collection
(via historiasdeuncazador)