‡AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), A NORTH AFRICAN DAGGER AND A SILVER-MOUNTED HORN

‡AN ARAB DAGGER (JAMBIYA), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, A NORTH AFRICAN DAGGER AND A SILVER-MOUNTED HORN the first with curved double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge, silver-encased hilt decorated with beadwork and filigree, in its silver-mounted fabric-covered wooden scabbard with four rings, complete with its silver thread embroidered belt ((incomplete); the second with tapering double-edged blade (seized in its scabbard) and carved wooden grip; the third carved with fish and a naive figure and the mounts chased with traditional knots, foliage and a goat the first:20.5 cm; 8 in blade (3)