A SOUTH ARABIAN SILVER-MOUNTED JAMBIYA DAGGER WITH BELT
Possibly Oman or Yemen, Southern Arabia, late 19th - early 20th century

With a curved double-edged steel blade with a medial ridge, featuring a waisted carved wood hilt with silver mounts and studs, the front of the wooden scabbard also embellished with silver mounts with scrolling vegetal trellis, rosettes, overlapping beaded bands, and silver wire-braided and filigree work with geometric motifs, mostly circular, square and diamond-like shapes, the reverse of the scabbard lined in emerald green cotton fabric, at mid-height of the front of the scabbard the characteristic silver belt strap with two pairs of circular hoops interlinked with silver wires, the sides linked with a worn tooled light brown leather belt, 29cm high including the scabbard, the belt 89cm long.