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Description: | A dagger with a broad curved blade and a strong rib running down the centre, curving outwards. The handle is gilt and crutch-shaped at the top, with bands of fine filigree work round the centre; the ornament is composed of three circles, each forming a triangle round a large circle at the back; the front is studded; with very fine filigree work on both sides. The sheath, at top and bottom, is ornamented in square and rectangular patterns, and the middle with open diaper pattern, showing green tinsel or enamel under; the lower part ends with a right angled curve tapering gradually; it is connected to a leather belt, covered with red cloth and gold embroidery, by a ring on each side and one at the bottom; and a fine chain attached to and running through four other rings on the front of the sheath; the end of the sheath is connected to the belt by a ladder-like ornament, which may signify Mahomet's ladder. It is strictly Islamic; nothing but geometrical ornament, and no representation of any human or animal figure.
Technique: filigree
Technique: embroidering
Material: metal
Material: leather
Material: cloth
Arab dagger made in Arabia, (1910.15.209a). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.25946 | Go to resource |
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