Turkish saber - kilij, in scabbard

steel, brass, horn, wood, leather; head length 77 cm, curvature 7.5 cm, overall length 90.5 cm, in scabbard 91.5 cm.
Turkey, 18th/19th century.
Steel head, smooth, narrow, of Persian type; crossed hilt, brass, with olive-shaped mace at the ends of the 4-branched arms; horn-lined handle, the joints covered with a wide brass strip decorated with longitudinal grooves; head prominent, forward-facing, rounded, with a hole for a sling made of solid cord, ending with a wooden knob in a braid of metal threads, with tassels; scabbard made of wooden hilt, covered with dark leather; seam covered with a strip of wire brass springs; fittings - a viscus and a neck with a long
slot - made of brass plate, as are the two riffles with bracers.