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Description: | Short steel bladed jambiya with gold damascened floral and pictorial designs at the top of the blade. Two central converging grooves on each side of the blade. Arch design with Turkish style mosque and Tuggra imitation signature, with some floral damascening, on the upper part of the blade near the hilt. Hilt scales of light green jade framed by tinned iron edge to the tang decorated with floral gold overlay. Possibly copied from a Turkish Jambiya.
Accession number: HH-X 1282 | Subjects: | arms and armour | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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