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

Shashka

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Detailed information

Name of the object

Shashka

Inventory №

2040

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Total length 965 mm, blade length 840 mm, blade width 34 mm, blade thickness 8 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

The Bulgarian lands XV – XIX centuries

Item description

Caucasian (Circassian/Tatar). The blade is forged steel, slightly curved to the shoulder, with a wide fuller on each side. The scabbard is of polished, probably bovine horn.
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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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