"Dagger, Called Kindjal - Caucasus, North Of Dagestan - XIXth Century"
Dagger, Called Kindjal, ChildCaucasus, North Dagestan, 19th century
Steel, gold, iron, bone
Total length: 28.2 cm; blade length: 19.6 cm
Child's dagger, called kindjal, with a double-edged steel blade, central throat, ending in a carp tongue.
The handle is composed of two bone plates with two flower-shaped rivets and geometric gold decoration.
These daggers were used as weapons for men but also as ceremonial objects.
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