Two "jambiya" ("shibriya") daggers, decorated in filigree and granulation, crafted by a Jewish silversmith. Yemen, [early 20th century].
1. Wood and leather scabbard covered with silver plaques, densely and delicately decorated. Wooden hilt, in part similarly covered with decorated silver plaques. 40X8 cm.
2. Scabbard made of wood, leather, and fabric. Hilt entirely silver-coated, and decorated on one side in recurrent vegetal pattern of flowers and leaves. 26X4.5 cm.
References: The Yemenites, Two Thousand Years of Jewish Culture, pp. 150-51; Ma'ase Rokem, p. 189.
