Dagger "koummya" · Morocco · ID: 3037634
sold
EUR 200
Size
L: 36,5 cm
L: 14.4 inch
Description
curved pointed blade, ivory hilt, wooden sheath covered with elaborately chiselled silver sheet, two eyelets, min. dam., cracks (hilt), slight traces of corrosion
The object Dagger “koummya” with the object ID 3037634 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 129 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Tirri, Anthony C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800 - 1960, Indiana 2007, p. 598 & 603