To my delight, these dangerous daggers were safely displayed behind glass at Jerusalem's Museum of Islamic Art.
(Yes, it's ABC Wednesday D-day.)
The kind without a fancy hilt is called katar, I think.
They are all antique daggers from around the Middle East.
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UPDATE: You can see the 4,000-year-old stone pommel of a Canaanite dagger that we unearthed at the Holyland Park dig in Jerusalem in an earlier post.
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They all look pretty dangerous! I remember that my father once brought home an Indonesian dagger, called a "kris". We were forbidden to play with it.But still some of them are very beautiful.If they could speak what stories would they tell?
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful collection!
ReplyDeleteI love museums that let you take photos. It's quite a collection they have.
ReplyDeleteWil, wow, glad you kids didn't play with the "kris."
ReplyDeleteI don't think I want to hear the stories these daggers could tell, sorry.
JM, thanks. I'll have to show you more of the weapons room.
Jedediah, but I must confess: I saw the NO Photography sign only at the end of my visit to the museum. But there was no one around to stop me, so . . .
These have such beautiful (if brutal!) curves to them. I wonder how they decided which form was the most useful/deadly. And I wonder how on earth anyone could carry those long, elongated ones!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to meet someone armed with these daggers, but they are quite beautiful.
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Dazzling and dangerous. I'm not a dagger person myself, even if I appreciate the artistry, but my sweetie loves to look at them.
ReplyDeleteThey let crafty, sneaky, dangerous, suspicious people like you get so close to those daggers, Dina?!
ReplyDeleteDina, first time on your site; also, first time on ABC. Interesting photos. I wish I had NOT seen the "No Photos" sign at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. I so wanted to have myself photographed standing next to Janis Joplin's slogan-and-charm encrusted little convertible!
ReplyDelete"D" is for Dina! Amy Barlow Libertore, and here's mine, only it's rather Dark:'
http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/d-is-for-abc-weds/
Peace, Amy Barlow Liberatore
How impressive a sight, ability to be close to history. Thank you for teaching me about this. Please have a good Wednesday.
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cool, and a bit scary.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
They look pretty dang scary.... I'll keep my distance.
ReplyDeleteInteresting daggers for the letter D, Dina.
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They look sharp and dangerous. Thank you for sharing a piece of history and culture from your side of the world.
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ABC Wednesday Team
The first photo showing the daggers looks to be that their handles are made from bone, these are interesting and fascinating, I also like the pictures of the people showing what clothes they wore.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these.
Hmmm... they look rather pointy and lethal to eat with. Just looking at them would scare anyone.
ReplyDeleteI bought a couple of fake daggers in Jordan just to have them confiscated at the Eilat border crossing by the Israeli police...
ReplyDeleteAmy got it first, "D" is for (digging) DINA! The dagger collection is daunting!
ReplyDeleteThe daggers look positively menacing so I'm happy that you added the positive use of these interesting objects.
ReplyDeleteGreat "D" day post! I'm so happy to have stumbled upon your blog. I'm going to spend some time here looking around. Blessings, Candace
ReplyDeleteI find these daggers nice and well laid out.
ReplyDeletewow! those are interesting...thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my ABC Wednesday entry too! Thanks a lot, much appreciated!
Great collection, glad they are safely kept behind glass.
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