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Knife set in crocodile head quiver

Crocodile head with leather loop (bag (a)), loop around mouth (leather) with two daggers, scimitar daggers) and scabbards (b1-2, c1-2) the third dagger, which probably belongs to it, is o.No. 1022 number double crocodile head and leather, can be opened, decorated blade, similar to Arabic characters, crocodile leather grip, scabbard made from the crocodile's leg, with claw as tip

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Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus
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Object type
Curved dagger
Dimensions
Gesamt: Höhe: 37 cm (a); Breite: 14,5 cm (a); Länge: 39,8 cm (b Dolch); Breite: 3,5 cm (b); Länge: 29,4 cm (b Scheide); Länge: 39 cm (c Dolch); Breite: 3,6 cm (c); Länge: 29,2 cm (c Scheide)
Material/Technique
Crocodile leather, steel (alloy)
Object genre
Stabbing and thrusting weapons
Containers for weapons and gunpowder
Jewellery
Current location
Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum
Inventory number
Äg 191a, b (1-2), c (1-2) 7959

Provenance and sources

when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
Egypt or Sudan, Omdurman?

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