The scabbard is lined with wood. The handle is of dark hardwood.
Some resin remains between the silver pommel cap and the wooden handle.
There is additional decoration arising from the silver ferrule, which also slightly overlaps the scabbard mouth when the dagger is inserted into its scabbard. The blade is typical in its profile, being made of plain non-patterned steel with a maximum thickness of 4.5 mm. The koummya is the characteristic traditional dagger of the Berber and Arabic peoples of Morocco. Stone classifies these as being one localized variant of the Arabic jambiya , and the contoured handles, curved double-edged blades and exaggeratedly upturned scabbard tips are all features consistent with such an interpretation. In the context of the traditional regional manner of dress, the koummya is worn visibly at the left side, generally about at the level of the waist and is suspended vertically, with the scabbard tip forward, by a long woolen baldric, attached at either end to one of the two scabbard rings, and worn crossing in front and back of the torso and over the right shoulder.