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LOT #294
North African and Middle Eastern Knife Assortment
(5) jambiya knives including (3) Moroccan style narrow-bladed daggers all having ornate metal work on scabbards with applied adornments to wood handles and (2) Arabian Peninsula style wide-bladed jambiya, each having defined median ridges on both sides of blades with a jambiya having ornate, metal filigree style adornments to scabbard
Estimate: $200 - $400
Hammer Price: $400
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Dimensions: Width: 1 inches, Length: 15 1/4 inches (Moroccan style jambiya, unsheathed (longest))
Condition: Very Good to Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; light to moderate oxidation on blades; light wear to handles and scabbards; (2) Moroccan style jambiya having slightly loose blades in handles; a Moroccan style jambiya having exposed area on metal-covered wood scabbard; Arabian style jambiya having losses to leather-covered wood scabbard; ornate scabbard Arabian jambiya having missing area of metal adornment to handle
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)