Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A collection of Islamic weapons, comprising: an Omani dancing sword, straight spatulate blade 31 in., long tapering hilt, scabbard and hilt clad in black leather and with repousse decorated white metal mountings; a nomadic dagger (telek), straight tapering blade 12 in. and marked with a small flowerhead stamp, wooden grip, pommel with four brass projections forming a cross; a Nimcha, curved blade 15 in., wooden hilt with angular hooked pommel, wooden scabbard, embellished overall with brass wire and hardstone inlay; two Moroccan daggers (koummya) of characteristic form with curved blades and fan shaped pommels, one with white metal scabbard and the other brass; and a brass mounted jambiya set with hardstones. [6]