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Kinjal: Tbilisi mounts, Dagestani blade, c. 1845–65 — for illustration

Kinjal: Tbilisi mounts, Dagestani blade, c. 1845–65 — for illustration
Kinjal with scabbard: mounts from Tbilisi, blade from Dagestan, c. 1845–65. Steel, silver, niello, horn, leather, wood. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 36.25.927a,b. An example of a blade from one centre being mounted in another. Maker unknown; not a Kalaushin piece — shown for illustration.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (CC0)

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Kinjal with scabbard: mounts from Tbilisi, blade from Dagestan, c. 1845–65. Steel, silver, niello, horn, leather, wood. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 36.25.927a,b. An example of a blade from one centre being mounted in another. Maker unknown; not a Kalaushin piece — shown for illustration.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (CC0)

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Object
Held by
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Reference
36.25.927a,b
Rights
CC0
Credit line
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (CC0)
Size
2250 × 4000
Class
for comparison

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“Kinjal: Tbilisi mounts, Dagestani blade, c. 1845–65 — for illustration” — The Kalaushins: a family chronicle, archive. https://kalaushin.com/en/arkhiv/royal-images-met-31519-kinzhal-tiflis-klinok-dagestan-1845-1865/

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