Dagger (Khanjali)
1700–1899
- Medium
- carnelian?, steel, wood handle, copper alloy, and silver gilt
- Dimensions
- Overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); Blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Transcaucasian, Georgian
About
A khanjali is a dagger popular with the inhabitants of Georgia and the rest of the Caucasus since ancient times. They often have a single offset groove on each face of the blade and the shape is similar to the ancient Roman gladius and the Scottish dirk.