Circassian Embroidery frame
Museum Category The Circassian Heritage Mapping Project
A digital initiative to centralize and document Circassian material culture
Dagger (“Kindjal”) and Sheath
Date: 19th century (Modern) blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: walrus ivory set with gold and turquoise; sheath: silver, gilded silver, niello Credit source: Walters Art Museum
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath, 18th–19th century
Date: 18th–19th century Credit Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Open Access) Object Number: 36.25.928a, b
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath, 18th–19th century
Date: 18th–19th centuryCredit Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Open Access) Object Number: 36.25.922a, b
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath, 18th–19th century
Date: 18th–19th centuryCredit Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Open Access) Object Number: 36.25.925a, b
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath, 19th century
Date: 19th centuryCredit Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Open Access) Object Number: 36.25.923a, b
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath, 19th century
Date: 19th century Credit Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Open Access) Object Number: 36.25.926a, b
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath
Date: ca. 1840–50 Medium: Steel, wood, silver, niello Credit Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Open Access) Object Number: 81.1.599a, b
Dagger (Kindjal) with Sheath, dated 1851/52
The Kindjal (الخنجر القوقازي) is the most iconic symbol of the Circassian warrior. This specific item is dated to 1851/52 (1268 AH), a pivotal period in the 19th-century Caucasian wars. The use of niello (Savat) reflects a self-directed tradition of…
The Circassians dancing (Черкесская пляска)
