Two Interesting Moroccan Koummya Daggers

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Iain

It's worth the time to try and find the origins of the material you find via a search engine. For those that have put the effort into making the information available online and creating graphics such as these, it's the least we can do, and it also gives proper context and allows for those reading these threads to actually make use of the images you are posting.

In most cases it is not particularly difficult to ascertain, particularly using Google's image search features.

I'm glad you are now aware of Louis-Pierre's site and his work, as his pages contain well sourced material.

Salaams Iain, As I said .."I Googled it and it came up as often it does as an unrelated picture"...but now that you have very kindly pointed out the works provenance I have of course noted to thread the details for research purposes.

Some people do not have the vast resources of private libraries, nor can they afford the extortionate fees for publications. My nearest decent bookshop is about 3,000 miles away and we have no libraries here of note. Thus, I use the web ~ very often.

On occasions, if a slip is made, it is so kind of you to remind me of the correct provenance to a reference so that library can be properly served...

By the way I have a name and usually it is the courteous form of addressing Forum posts and of course signing your name at the bottom... If you have time?

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.