λ AN IVORY-HILTED MOROCCAN DAGGER (KOUMMYA)
Morocco, North Africa, 20th century

With a double-edged steel blade, the forte with a thick unsharpened tang and pierced with a motif in the shape of a baton with two circular ends, the ivory handle of typical shape with a flattened oval pommel surmounted by a parcel gilt white metal frame with rosettes and scrolling vegetal sprays, the scabbard similar to the white metal frame in terms of decoration and material, engraved at a later stage with a name in Arabic characters and a date in Western format 8th March 1963, 39.4cm long including the scabbard.

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