Jatagan, Turkey, circa 1800.

Overall length 617 mm, weight 480 g

Open hand. Wooden shaft with bone facings, attached to the shank with three rivets. Massive split head in the form of a so-called ram's head. Facings edged with brass band, decorated with convex rosettes, grosgrain on the edges and convex, oblong natural beads, set in high brass cargos. Below the facings a metal band, fused to an overlay at the base of the head with an irregular pattern. Its decoration consists of a metal button and cabochon placed on both sides. The blade is of steel, sigmoidally curved, profiled on both sides in two narrow dorsal furrows. Stich in line with the spine.
state of preservation 3-/3-.