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93 - SET OF TWO MOROCCAN "KOUMMIYA" KNIVES one with a wooden hand…
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Estimate €600 - €800
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SET OF TWO MOROCCAN "KOUMMIYA" KNIVES one with a wooden handle known as a "gendarme’s hat", the sheath and fittings decorated with engraved floral scrolls and stamped with "ram’s head" motifs; the second with a wooden handle, mount and fittings decorated with chiselled arabesques and panels featuring stylised floral motifs. With their two loops. (A replacement blade with etched decoration). Morocco, 20th century. TWO "KOUMMIYA" DAGGERS, MOROCCO, 20TH CENTURY. LENGTH 40.5 CM (15 15/16 IN.) – 42 CM (16 9/16 IN.) BIBLIOGRAPHY A koummiya with the same decoration is reproduced in the book by Mourad, Khireddine, and Ramirez, Francis, *Art et Traditions du Maroc*, ACR Edition, 1998, page 191.
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About the sale ORIENTALISM, ISLAMIC ART & PHILHELLENISM
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Auction time 06/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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