Antique Silver Mounted Islamic North African Maghrebi Arab Moroccan Dagger Jambiya

Museum quality antique 19th century Islamic, North African Maghrebi, "Arabic Moroccan dagger Jambiya with curved tapering double-edged hand forged steel blade

A wooden grip of characteristic form, a silver ferrule, and a peacock's tail pommel, chiseled in foliate in its solid silver. Solid silver beveled scabbard, chiseled with expanded flower heads and scrolling foliage.

This dagger has retained its original finely hand braided black silk suspension cord.

This dagger is better quality than average Moroccan jambiya with an extremely fine quality silver mountings ever seen in this type of jambiya.

REFERENCES: This is a museum-quality dagger, which can be found on display in museums. A similar Moroccan Jambiya from the French Museum is published in the book "Islam: Les Armes Blanches de l'Atlantique à l'Indus" by Alain Jacob on page 9.

Please see the picture of the page attached to the listing.

For similar Moroccan Jambiya daggers in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York please see the link below.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31...

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31...

For similar Moroccan Jambiya daggers in the Christie's Catalogue please see the link below.

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5422683

The buyer will receive a copy of the pages from the mentioned references, together with a certificate of authenticity.

The market is flooded by tourist souvenirs, reproductions of Moroccan daggers with crudely made iron blades and white metal mountings. These reproductions do not have any historical or investment value.