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Dagger (Khanjali) with Scabbard

1700s–1800s
Overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); Blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.736
Location: not on view
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Scabbards for daggers like these are usually highly engraved with gold or silver designs and can sometimes include embedded gemstones.

Description

A khanjali is a dagger popular with the inhabitants of Georgia and the rest of the Caucasus since ancient times. They often have a single offset groove on each face of the blade and the shape is similar to the ancient Roman gladius and the Scottish dirk.
Dagger (Khanjali) with Scabbard

Dagger (Khanjali) with Scabbard

1700s–1800s

Transcaucasian, Georgian

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