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Dagger (Khanjali)
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDagger (Khanjali), 1700s–1800s. Transcaucasian, Georgian. Carnelian?, steel, wood handle, copper alloy, and silver gilt; overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.736.a
