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Description: | Curved double-edged dagger (jambiya). Median ridged blade with long ricasso, cutting on the inside edge. Decorated brass bolster. Black wood grip, cracked. Decorated crescentic brass pommel, silver edged. Scabbard also highly decorated with floral designs on one side and slightly decorated with linear snake-pattern on the other. Two large suspension rings on either side of the scabbard just below the mouth. Lower scabbard joints are slightly damaged, with old repairs, making the lower curve of the scabbard slightly deformed. Chape: a globular button and two conical solid brass pieces. This jambiya is a product of the Berber tribes, Shuluh clan, and mainly used as a ceremonial object and a sign of honour and prestige for men. The blade does not push fully into the scabbard due to an inverted scabbard insert.
Accession number: NCM 1947-61 | Subjects: | MOROCCAN AFRICAN arms and armour | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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