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Description: | Dagger with a broad curved blade with a strong rib running down the centre width of top, 5.1cm, gradually curved outwards. The handle is a silver gilt with raised floral patterns and filigree work encrusted on it. The scabbard is richly mounted on silver gilt and curved like a ram's horn, terminating in a pointed and dome-shaped ornament, the principal part with silver roses and filigree work and architectural ornaments running down the base, 45.7cm long on either side of the curve and attached round the waist by a richly embroidered leather belt in gold and coloured velvet.
Technique: filigree
Technique: embroidering
Material: metal
Material: silver gilt
Material: leather
Material: velvet
Arab jambiya dagger made in Arabia, (1910.15.206). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25942 | Go to resource |
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