Two Interesting Moroccan Koummya Daggers

[CharlesS]

Ibrahim,

Thanks for your images. The most valuable one is the smallest identifying hilt forms....any way to blow that up and re-submit??

The example to the left(since moved to the right) is of tourist quality as are most in the dagger pile pic.

The bottom pic is a lovely piece of quality, and an early to mid 20th century date on it would not surprise me at all.

My impression is that koummyas of this more common form are a 20th century phenomenon altogether, but with huge differences in quality. I think we would be generally correct to say the older ones are of higher quality.

That said, I have seen some lovely new examples coming out of Morocco currently and sold as new, though they tend to be oversized, and lack the elegance and charm of the older ones.