i hate when people touch me and then when i tell them not to touch me they get rude
or even worse when they think you’re joking and keep touching you for fun
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Dagger (Qama)
- Date: 19th century
- Culture: Caucasian
Source & Copyright: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Historical Swords
First row: Teutonic Sword - 13th Century | Italian Sword - 15th Century
Second row: Swords attributed to Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, King of Franks.
Third row: Ceremonial sword attributed to Friedrich II (powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen).
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Yatagan Sword
- Dated: 1814-15
- Culture: Ottoman, Turkey
- Medium: Damascene steel, buffalo horn, gold
- Dimensions: full length: 73.2 cm; blade length: 57 cm.
Yatagan with single-edged slightly curved blade, decorated with extensive gold damascening in the form of large panels of floral design issuing a series of palmettes and including, on one side, a talismanic numerical grid, and on the other lines of naskh.
Inscribed with the owner’s name, “Tatarcia Husayn Agha”, and makers name, “i’amal Sheikh ‘Ali Efendi”. The chappe has further similar damascening, the ox horn hilt being of typical form with split flaring pommel and set with four stones backed with small rosette finials. The cross guard has a further damascened inscription.
Source & Copyright: Caravana Collection
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