Yathagan – Between Functionality and Aesthetic Expression
- Post 16 April 2013
- By Sagita Mirjam Sunara
- In Predavanja
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Author: Tina Tomšič
Mentor: Valentina Ljubić Tobisch, Senior Lecturer
MA in conservation-restoration
Arts Academy, University of Split
Summary
The author of the lecture presents the conservation and restoration works on one of the five scimitars from the collection of historical troops „Kliški uskoci“. Yataghans have served more as decorative weapons than for combat use, what can be deduced by their preservation. Part of the problem of the restoration procedure was related to the mechanical damage caused by the influence of time, the most time was spent in the removal of the improper repairs. Taking out the impurities and corrosion products that have negatively affected the aesthetic appearance of the weapon was the major work. Yataghan's gold plated surface (decorative metal filigree surface) was afterwards covered with bronze coating which speed up the process of corrosion . Previously shiny gilded surfaces of the subsequent intervention have lost its original appearance.
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