Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Newly Listed light weight construction

light weight construction

constructed of two field-grey doeskin wool bands

West Midlands

with suspension hanger

44 mm x 116 mm

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Newly Listed light weight constructionThis jambiya has a 370 mm long double edged steel blade, magnetic, with sharpened edges and having a very sharp tip. The blade has a raised fuller and is embedded into a handle fabricated from a 120 mm long piece of wood with a dark brown finish. The wooden handle displays a unique design, decorated in six bands in silver that are affixed at various locations, each of which bears an ornate design: one is wrapped the handle and forms the crossguard,