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<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg)
Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg)
<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg)

Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg)

<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769a-b_view2_bw.jpg)

Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769a-b_view2_bw.jpg)

<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_open_PS2.jpg)

Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_open_PS2.jpg)

<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769a-b_view1_bw.jpg)

Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769a-b_view1_bw.jpg)

<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_detail_PS2.jpg)

Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_detail_PS2.jpg)

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Dagger and Sheath

Arts of the Islamic World

MEDIUM Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining
DATES 1827
DYNASTY Ottoman
PERIOD Ottoman
DIMENSIONS Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm) Length of Scabbard: 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)  (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed with Islamic date, "1243," which is 1243 AH (1827 CE).
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER 32.769a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Dagger and Sheath, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE exterior, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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<em>Dagger and Sheath</em>, 1827. Iron alloy (steel) and copper alloy with gilding; sheath: copper alloy, chased and repoussé decoration, and wood lining , Length of Knife: 16 in. (40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.769a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.769_closed_PS2.jpg)

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