Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Shashka

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Name of the object

Shashka

Inventory №

вр. № 6

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 857 mm, length of the blade 724 mm, width of the blade 27 mm, thickness of the blade 5 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

New History

Item description

Officers, model from 1884. The guard and the hilt correspond to the model, but probably, at a certain stage, the blade was replaced. The latter is of forged steel, slightly curved to the tip, with one wide fuller, while the sample is with a narrower one. The grip is wooden, with crosswise grooves, wrapped in black leather and fastened with double twisted wire. The guard is of brass. The scabbard – of wood, covered with black leather.
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Administrative contract on the project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of the Municipality of Shumen, according to the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021, Program “Cultural entrepreneurship, heritage and cooperation”, Result 1 “Improved management of cultural heritage”, Under result 1.2 “Digitally accessible objects of cultural heritage”

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