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LOT 1424
Khandjar Type Iron Dagger
19TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/2 in. (118 grams, 32 cm long).
Curved with a thick double edge blade, handle composed of wood and iron, ornately decorated with lozenges, fastened by eight iron flat-headed rivets.
Provenance
Private family collection formed in London, mid 1980s to early 1990s.
Literature
See similar blades in Lebedynsky, J., Les Armes Orientales, Langres, 1992, pp.107ff.
Footnotes
Among the various Arab dagger groups, the one from North Africa is characterised by rather fine blades made in the Turkish-Persian style. Usually the handles (in wood, ivory and metal) feature a large rounded pommel in the guise of peacock feathers. This type is common in Morocco, Tunisia and all the way to Egypt, and is a type of Khandjar usually called Koummiya or Goummiya (a term later adopted in Spanish as Goumia, to indicate all the short Arab daggers).
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LOT 1424
Khandjar Type Iron Dagger
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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