Description
◉ A BALKAN SHORT DAGGER (YATAGHAN), BOKA KOTORSKA, DATED 1794
◉ A BALKAN SHORT DAGGER (YATAGHAN), BOKA KOTORSKA, DATED 1794 with single-edged blade inlaid with silver along the back-edge on each face (losses, worn), retaining traces of its nielloed silver hilt, fitted with a pair of ivory grip-scales retained by four pairs of rivets, in its finely decorated dated nielloed silver scabbard, the locket and chape each chased with scrollwork, the remaining surface decorated with scrolls and flowers against a punched ground, with a loop for suspension 22.5 cm blade See Elgood 2009, p. 85 no. 70.
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◉ A BALKAN SHORT DAGGER (YATAGHAN), BOKA KOTORSKA, DATED 1794
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