Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Four Middle Eastern daggers (jambiya): i) an Iraqi example with 8.25 in. blade, silver hilt and scabbard with nielloed decoration depicting reed boats and desert scenes, horn grip; ii) a Hadhrami dagger (Yemen), blade 8 in. with abrupt curve and medial ridge, silver mounted camel bone hilt, hide scabbard; iii) a Hijazi dagger (sabak), blade 17.5 in., brass hilt with horn grips, hide scabbard with long brass chape; and iv) a Yemeni jambiya from Sana'a, brass mounted wooden hilt, hide covered wooden scabbard. [4]