Marroquin forged steel dagger with sheath.Beautiful koummya dagger with a sheath from the region of Morocco, circa 1870. The blade was created with forged steel, mounted in wood and brass and embellished with silver parts decorated with chiseled and engraved motifs. The dagger is curved with a tick double edge blade, the handle is ornate with silver and wood. Like swords and daggers in most cultures, the Islamic dagger was worn as both, weapons and status symbols. The man for whom this beautiful sword was made must undoubtedly have been a somewhat important figure in the society since he had a sword of such high quality and very expensive at the time. This is a stunning museum-quality Islamic dagger, a real artwork, and an important example of Muslim goldsmith and swordsmiths art.koummya DaggerThis is the characteristic traditional dagger of the Berber and Arabic peoples of Morocco. Stone classifies these as being one localized variant of the Arabic jambiya, and the contoured handles, curved double-edged blades and exaggeratedly upturned scabbard tips are all features consistent with such an interpretation. In the context of the traditional regional manner of dress, the koummya is worn visibly at the left side, generally about at the level of the waist and is suspended vertically, with the scabbard tip forward, by a long woolen baldric, attached at either end to one of the two scabbard rings, and worn crossing in front and back of the torso and over the right sho
