Jambiya

Description

Jambiya or dagger with curved, double-edged steel blade with chased panels of ornamentation on both sides of forte in damascened gold, and ivory handle inscribed at top and bottom and carved with figures in grip centre: Iran, possibly 19th century

Museum reference

A.1875.29.51

Collection

Weapons and Accessories

Object name

Jambiya, Dagger

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

19th century

Materials

Steel, Gold, Ivory

Physical description

Steel blade with chased panels of ornamentation in damascened gold; inscribed and carved ivory handle

Associations

Guthrie Collection

References

Stone, G.C. Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, New York, 1961, pp. 310 - 314, fig. 396

Dreaming of Paradise: Islamic Art from the Collection of the Museum of Ethnology Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 195, no 167

Raby, Julian Qajar Portraits, London and New York, 1999, p. 92 no 135