Dagger and Sheath
1899-90
Maker Unknown
Arts of the Islamic World
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- Dagger: iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy (brass), with repoussé hilt; sheath: copper alloy (brass) with repoussé decoration, wood lining
- Dynasty
- Ottoman
- Period
- Ottoman Period
- Dimensions
- Dagger: length 23 13/16 in. (60.5 cm) Sheath: length 21 1/4 in. (54 cm)
- Inscribed
- Masha'allah fi sana 1317 ("[Made] by the will of God in the year 1317"). (Read by L. Akbarnia, 4-12-10)
- Departments
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Accession Number
- 2010.7a-b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Wallace Bill and Lora Kalt
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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