Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Help Needed With Koumaya's Maker's Mark Identification

Lee · 3rd October 2010, 01:40 PM

I do not believe this to be a 'tourist' piece. It is sometimes amazing just how much handwork, sometimes of decent quality, one can find in a $10 tourist dagger in Morocco, but in that case the effort is usually directed a bit more towards flashiness.

The finish and details on your dagger appear quite decent; I suspect the panels on the front are more likely 'German silver' than silver. So my gestalt is towards an ordinary 'working' man's example from the first half of the 20th century.

I wish I had some idea about where from within Morocco it has come, but I am clueless and unaware of where to find a resource to guide us in that regard.

3rd October 2010, 01:40 PM	#4
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 900	'Working' man's dagger I do not believe this to be a 'tourist' piece. It is sometimes amazing just how much handwork, sometimes of decent quality, one can find in a $10 tourist dagger in Morocco, but in that case the effort is usually directed a bit more towards flashiness. The finish and details on your dagger appear quite decent; I suspect the panels on the front are more likely 'German silver' than silver. So my gestalt is towards an ordinary 'working' man's example from the first half of the 20th century. I wish I had some idea about where from within Morocco it has come, but I am clueless and unaware of where to find a resource to guide us in that regard.