DAGGER
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
The handle of the dagger is made in bone stained green. It is carved with a standing figure in a foreign costume, lions and an inscription along the bottom. The end of the handle is pointed. The steel blade has some damascene decoration near the handle. This is a kindjal.
- Object name:
- DAGGER
- Made from:
- Steel -- bone
- Made in:
- Armenia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 50.8 cm (20 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.72.1
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION On hilt, front and back: in Armenian
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973