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Old 1st January 2020, 10:08 PM   #11
Kubur
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Originally Posted by Battara
Thank you gents.

So Kubur could I say that this belonged to someone in the Eretrea region and the hilt made in Yemen?
I won't tell you what to say...
I would say that the knife including hilt was made in Africa.
The filigree work or embellishment might be Yemeni jewish but as pointed out previously could be Arab Egyptian filigree or proper African filigree... in an area in between Halayeb to Suakin...
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