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A FINE MORO PUNAL DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
A FINE MORO PUNAL DAGGER
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
A massive example made for presentation to a datu or chief. The grip carved of a single, large section of elephant, the silver mounts finely filigreed and heavily gilded, the handforged blade with pronounced central ridge retains its edge. The scabbard covered entirely in silver with locket and chape extensively gilded and engraved in okir motifs, the applied borders wrought in suassa. Beginning of the 20th century.Grip loose.Overall length 52.4 cm. Condition I