Koummiya-ish

[Battara]

I agree Stu. In fact, I think one of the links has a similar one to yours. The Tuareg range does come up into Morocco.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Battara

I agree Stu. In fact, I think one of the links has a similar one to yours. The Tuareg range does come up into Morocco.

I obviously should have looked at the links before I posted. It is the same knife which I had posted some time ago........
Stu

[Battara]

Ahhhh..............That makes sense now..........

[RobT]

Hi All,

After my initial post, I had to go to Pennsylvania for two days. When I got home, I saw the evidence I had asked for and then some. It doesn't get any better than this. Thanks a lot to all for all the effort.

Sincerely,
RobT

[CharlesS]

This is one of the most interesting daggers of its type I have seen due to all the cross-cultural influences. It is clearly influenced by the Moroccan "koummya", but has clear Taureg features and even Mauretanian influences as well.

Great find! ....another one I wish could talk!

BTW, you may find it interesting that I have brought forth the subject of "koummya" to every Moroccan person I have had the opportunity to meet in my education-related career. NONE of them had ever heard the word "koummya", but when I showed them the famous Moroccan dagger that we call by that name, they all said, "oh, you mean khandjar"...a more generic term for "dagger".

[Battara]

I wonder if one is tribal term (i.e. Berber) and the other Arabic.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Battara

I wonder if one is tribal term (i.e. Berber) and the other Arabic.

....or is it another term generated by collectors to describe a particular item? Other examples are "Wahabite" for the long dagger found in Western Arabia, and "kattara" to refer to the straight Omani sword.
Stu