Need help with identifying Moroccan Koummya

Sajen · 30th March 2024, 11:57 AM

Hello Rob,

Like I stated before, I am really not an expert when it comes to koummyas. I've handled some very nice and clearly very old/antique examples and all these examples had loops instead of rivets like the example in question or the one I posted, these loops were partly extremely worn, a few so much that it was worn through or the metal really thin already. Clearly from long time use and over a long time daily worn.
But I think that the riveted version never worked for daily use, I think that they like I stated before are pure presentation daggers, given as presents to visitors who rarely will wear such a dagger or in the case it was the dagger of a Moroccan, only by special events.
On the other hand, with such a koummya in hand, I can assure you that these riveted rings seem much stronger to my eyes than I thought!
And Eric stated the early 20th century, which is antique without doubt.

Regards,
Detlef

30th March 2024, 11:57 AM	#10
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,212	Hello Rob, Like I stated before, I am really not an expert when it comes to koummyas. I've handled some very nice and clearly very old/antique examples and all these examples had loops instead of rivets like the example in question or the one I posted, these loops were partly extremely worn, a few so much that it was worn through or the metal really thin already. Clearly from long time use and over a long time daily worn. But I think that the riveted version never worked for daily use, I think that they like I stated before are pure presentation daggers, given as presents to visitors who rarely will wear such a dagger or in the case it was the dagger of a Moroccan, only by special events. On the other hand, with such a koummya in hand, I can assure you that these riveted rings seem much stronger to my eyes than I thought! And Eric stated the early 20th century, which is antique without doubt. Regards, Detlef