Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Five North African daggers: a koummya, curved blade 9 in., brass mounted hilt with fan-shaped pommel, brass scabbard with two large rings; two other similar weapons; a curved dagger mounted in the manner of a nimcha, the wooden hilt with large hooked square terminal inlaid with brass wire and red stones, wooden scabbard decorated en suite to the hilt; and a similar dagger, curved blade with Arabic inscription, hilt with horn mounts curving toward one another, bone grip, brass covered scabbard. [5]