Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath
Unknown Artist
ca. 1840–50
Medium
Steel, wood, silver, niello
Dimensions
L. with sheath 23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm); L. of sheath 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4.8 oz. (589.7 g); Wt. of sheath 12 oz. (340.2 g)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Caucasian, possibly northern Dagestan
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Accession Number
81.1.599a, b