Knife (Jambiya), "Arab Knife" And Scabbard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Aug 1960
name: label: Collector
content: Hon. Hoffman Philip
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Hoffman Philip
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Blade of knife is curved and width gradually reduced from hilt to point. There is a slight medial rib accentuated partially with incised design. Hilt is covered with silver sheathing, embossed with floral design and studded with roseates. The scabbard is completely covered with silver sheathing except for a band of yellow-green velvet cloth. The surface of the scabbard, worn outwardly is covered with a floral design and a high medial ridge. The terminal end of the scabbard is bulbous, incised and studded. The side of scabbard worn next to the body is flat, mostly smooth with three small lugs. This surface is partially treated with incised and embossed design. Ref. Stone, Glossary ... Arms an Armor in all Countries ... fig. 396. Cleaned and repaired: see conservation record #41, 10-29-63."
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 and exceptionally large construction and composed of chased silver.
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: 5 May 2021
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: 231888
label: USNM Number
content: E398114-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Sheath