Subject: شيخ sheikh,سيد sayyid tribal chief, galib warrior
Culture: Yemeni Arab
Setting: Yemen early 20thc
Object: خنجر khanjar, جنبية janbīyah, 'asib, tuza dagger
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Dallas Museum of Art > Owsley Gallery of South Asian Art *
"Dagger with scabbard (khanjar or janbiya) Yemen, mid-18th century Steel, silver, leather, and fiber ...
This dagger has an Islamic curved steel blade. The tribal ornament on the silver engraving is an intricate combination of varied metal techniques, including repouseé, filigree, filigree, engraving, appliqué decorations, and mesh rings. The craftsman's name is inscribed on the back of the hilt: 'Made by Mohammed Mirwan.'"
* Tropenmuseum > West-Azië & Noord-Afrika
"Kromdolken en edelstenen
Opvallend veel ambachtslieden in San'a, de hoofstad van Jemen, leven van het maken van kromdolken, dolkgordels en sieraden. Elke Jemenitishe man bezit een eigen kromdolk of jambiya. Het dragen van een jambiya geldt als teken van mannelijkheid. Hoe mooier het - soms met agaat versierde - heft, des te meer status de drager heeft." ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Dagger (janbiyya) Arabian, Yemen, probably late 19th century The daggers of western and southern Arabia have quite different hilts from those of the east coast, and have none of the lavish silver mountings. This one has a simple hilt of giraffe horn." ...
