Zemanek-Münster

Three daggers ·  Morocco · ID: 3037758

sold EUR 50

Description

a) curved pointed blade, wooden hilt, parts of the hilt and leather sheath covered with elaborately chiselled silver sheet, two eyelets, l: 40 cm; b) small dagger with pointed blade, handle with mother-of-pearl-inlay, leather sheath stud mit metal sheet, l: 26,5 cm; c) short dagger, handle made from bone, wooden sheeth covered with chiselled silver sheet, handle and sheath adorned with semiprecious stones, l: 21,5 cm; each with slight traces of corrosion


The object Three daggers with the object ID 3037758 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 130 achieved a sales price of EUR 50.

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Comparing literature

Tirri, Anthony C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800 - 1960, Indiana 2007, p. 598, 601, 606


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