Jambiya (dagger) and scabbard with kard (knife)
Production date
19th Century
Description
Curved two-edged Arabic dagger: hilt held to tang with 2 pins, the top one missing its decoration and the lower with a gold filigree domed "button"; blade with central ridge and watered decoration. Scabbard of wood covered with brown leather decorated with relief geometric patterns and terminating a domed round ball. Small kard (knife) with wooden hilt and plain blade fits into upper scabbard exterior; throat of scabbard lined with red felt.
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Object Detail
Length: 1 - dagger: 266mm
Width: 1 - dagger: 65mm
Dimensions (LxWxH): 2 - scabbard: 300 x 55 x 48mm
Length: 3 - knife: 179mm
Length: 3 - knife: 103mm
Width: 3 - knife: 15mm
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