Dagger (Jambiya)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. - early 20th C. Arabian khanjar called a sabiki. These types were popular with Wahhabites in the interior of the peninsula in both Saudi Arabia and Yemen. This example is of fine construction and of gilded silver with appliques of diamond shaped decoration. This style of silver work has been associated with Yemeni Jews in particular.
label: Notes
content: Jambiya/Janbiya = Arabic word for a dagger, but it is generally used to describe a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade and a medial ridge. In Oman the janbiya is commonly referred to as a khanjar. (Source of this information: Wikipedia contributors, "Janbiya," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janbiya&oldid=738545803 (accessed September 21, 2016).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia (not certain) / Yemen (not certain), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Muslim, Wahhabi (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E359960-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger