Yatagan with Scabbard

Unknown

dated 1802–3 · Steel, silver, gold, coral · Arms and Armor

The yatagan was popular throughout the Ottoman Empire. It is distinguished by a single-edged blade that curves slightly inward and by a hilt with no guard and two flared wings at the pommel.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dated 1802–3

Medium

Steel, silver, gold, coral

Culture

Anatolian or Balkan

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932