AN OTTOMAN PISTOL, A MOROCCAN DAGGER AND CLUB, AN ALGERIAN SWORD, AND 4 DAGGERS

A 22 BORE OTTOMAN PERCUSSION HOLSTER (KUBUR) PISTOL, BALKANS, LATE 18TH CENTURY; A MOROCCAN DAGGER (JAMBIYA); A MOROCCAN CLUB; AN ALGERIAN SWORD (FLYSSA); A TIBETAN RITUAL DAGGER (PHURBA) AND THREE FURTHER DAGGERS the first converted from miquelet-lock, with tapering barrel retained by a brass band, iron lock, full stock almost entirely encased in engraved brass, the butt with pommel of 'rat's tail' form, and brass trigger-guard (ramrod missing); the second with silver-plated brass-mounted hilt and scabbard (losses); the third probably for a shaman, with painted shell-encrusted head and bone haft; the fourth with characteristic blade, brass hilt including knuckle-guard with numerous chain pendants, in its scabbard; the fifth of characteristic form; the sixth a Gurkha kukri knife, with bone grip, in its scabbard; an African dagger, a machete and a whip the first: 26.7 cm; 10 1/2 in barrel (9)