Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Newly Listed constructed of two field-grey doeskin

constructed of two field-grey doeskin wool bands

Ulrich de Maizière

with suspension hanger

light weight construction

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 Newly Listed constructed of two field-grey doeskinThis 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,