4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
105
A NORTH AFRICAN DAGGER (BEDJA), SUDAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, WITH INSCRIPTION TO TEL-EL-KEBIR
with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a hooked point, strongly formed anthropomorphic hilt carved with decorative flutes and notches, in its stitched leather scabbard and complete with broad tooled leather belt, fitted with a silver shield-shaped escutcheon inscribed 'Dagger, picked up after the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir', 26.0 cm blade
Daggers of this form were carried by the nomadic Hadendoa people, a subdivision of the Beja people, who inhabit the deserts of southeastern Egypt to eastern Sudan and northwestern Eritrea.
Sold for £350
with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section formed with a hooked point, strongly formed anthropomorphic hilt carved with decorative flutes and notches, in its stitched leather scabbard and complete with broad tooled leather belt, fitted with a silver shield-shaped escutcheon inscribed 'Dagger, picked up after the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir', 26.0 cm blade
Daggers of this form were carried by the nomadic Hadendoa people, a subdivision of the Beja people, who inhabit the deserts of southeastern Egypt to eastern Sudan and northwestern Eritrea.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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