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

Scimitar

Detailed information

Name of the object

Scimitar

Inventory №

2101

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 620 mm, blade length 470 mm, blade width 33 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

The Bulgarian lands XV – XIX centuries

Item description

Iron blade, deeply curved to the inner cutting edge, partly hardened. The hilt plaques are of dark horn and spread out in two “ears” to either side, characeristic of the type. The scabbard is missing. Belonged to Vicho Popov from the village of Osmar, born circa 1860.
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