Dagger (Jambiya)

Medium

Steel, ivory

Dimensions

L. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); L. of blade 10 1/4 in. (25.9 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Wt. 14.3 oz. (405.4 g)

Classification

Daggers

Culture

Iranian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, 1896

Accession Number

96.5.138

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