
Collection Online as of December 7, 2023
Part of a set. See all set records
Overall: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); Blade: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.736.a
not on view
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.