Dagger "Kindjal"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Marvin B. Patterson
label: Collector
content: Hon. Jefferson Patterson
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Marvin B. Patterson
notes: label: Notes
content: SHARP POINTED, MOSTLY PARALLEL STEEL BLADE, DOUBLE GROOVED ON EACH SIDE WITH INSCRIPTION. INSERTED IN WHITE BONE HANDLE INLAID WITH GOLD SCROLL DESIGNS. SHEATH OF WOOD, FACED WITH CLOTH & BONE, & EDGED IN IRON - THE LATTER TWO INLAID WITH GOLD FLORAL DESIGNS. REFERENCE: STONE, P. 358, FIGURE 450.
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantman, 2014: Mid - late 19th C. Caucasian Kindjal dagger from Dagestan area, the Kubatchi region. Metal hardware is inlaid with gold wire in Dagestan Kubtachi floral motifs in the true inlay style "chekanka". The grips scales and the panels inset into the scabbard are of walrus ivory carved in matching motifs and inlaid with gold. Blade is multifullered and acid etched with inscriptions on both sides.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Caucasus / Dagestan, Russia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 360968
label: USNM Number
content: E422864-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dagger
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 49.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.8 cm