1997.42.22.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Curved knife [.1] with short decorated hilt and leather and iron bound wooden sheath [.2] with leather carrying strap. [SM 06/06/2007]

Long description

Curved knife [.1] with short decorated hilt and leather and iron bound wooden sheath [.2] with leather carrying strap. The knife hilt is made of iron with seven decorative circular rivets of incised copper alloy, with a smaller circle of copper. The hilt flares towards the blade, which is made of iron. A central rib is visible, although the knife cannot be removed from the sheath. The sheath is curved and made from two pieces of wood, covered with leather with a large sheet of iron wrapped around the mouth. This is decorated on the front with a punched design of concentric squares with a pattern in the centre. Bound to the sheath with a strip of leather is a thick leather carrying belt. This has an iron buckle on one end: a thin piece of woven textile is knotted to the other end of the belt. It is black with a white chevron pattern. [SM 06/06/2007]

Geographical reference

Saudi Arabia

Asia > Western Asia > Saudi Arabia

Cultural groups

Arab

Person

Field collector Robert Ernest Cheesman

PRM source Mrs R.J. Townsend-Coles

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1944?, uncertain

Date collected

1914 - 1944 ?

Acquisition information

Donated: 1997

Materials and processes

Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Textile, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Riveted, Process Punched, Process Incised, Process Woven

Dimensions

Length 210 mm sheath, approx, Length: max 305 mm total, Length 300 mm knife only, approx

Object numbers

Accession number: 1997.42.22.1 Accession number: 1997.42.22.2

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Transport and Travel, Knife, Sheath, Carrying Device, Dagger