Producer unknown to us
Ornamental sabre (kiliç)
Asia/Africa/Europe, Ottoman Empire
18th century
Steel, copper, coral, turquoise
Ümit Bir (gynaecologist) acquired the sabre in New Orleans, USA, in 2000
On permanent loan from the Dr. Bir Collection Foundation
SB 1902
Gynaecologist Ümit Bir (1929–2014) gathered most of his collection on several trips from Marocco to India from the 1960s to the 1990s. Unfortunately, we still do not know the exact circumstances of the acquisition of this object. Since 2004, the collection has been on permanent loan to the museum from the Dr. Bir Collection Foundation.
Jan König