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DAGGER

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The handle of the dagger is made in bone stained green. It is carved with a standing figure in a foreign costume, lions and an inscription along the bottom. The end of the handle is pointed. The steel blade has some damascene decoration near the handle. This is a kindjal.

Object name:
DAGGER
Made from:
Steel -- bone
Made in:
Armenia
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
50.8 cm (20 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
14.72.1
Class:
METAL
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION On hilt, front and back: in Armenian
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973