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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG)
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Hi Gentlemen
not very exceptional, just a good and honest dagger origin; Kabylia - Algeria (North-Africa) ethnic; Berber people age; 19th century overall length; 400mm (15,75") single edged blade; 278mm (10,82") chiseled and inlaid with brass decoration on both sides, chisel decorated brass hilt with distinctive animals head pommel, it is complete with it's original zig-zag carved wooden scabbard with metalic bands, the zig-zag carving represents the snake and the triangles on the blade represent the fibula in Berber iconography à + Dom |
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