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Description: | Curved double-edged dagger (jambiya) with median ridge and a key- hole shape opening at the top of the blade. Long ricasso. Two fullers, one at the top and the other at the bottom. The bolster is decorated with floral designs and joined to the hilt, with a patch fixed at the back. Slim grip of black wood widening at the top. Two bars divide the hilt at each side. Two thin silver fillets edge the sheath. The hilt is crowned with a large brass decorated pommel and a small conical button. Back of the pommel plain with only a zigzag shaped brass piece fixed to it. The scabbard is curved especially at the chape, with an octagonal ferrule and biconical button. Scabbard is highly decorated with floral designs on one side and brass cut outs on the other. Only one suspension ring, left side of the scabbard, right one missing. Two decorated bands divide the scabbard at the top and in the middle. This dagger might belong to a Berber tribesman from the Alshuluh clan in southern Morocco.
Accession number: NCM 1947-62 | 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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