Dagestan Kinjal, 19th century Horn handle with silver and niello trim with three buttons. Blade with two central gutters on the front side and one central gutter on the back side. Wooden scabbard covered with leather and decorated with silver and niello. The blade is marked with a circular pseudo-punch. Inscribed on the flange of the kinjal's pommel: "'Amal Muhammad" (work of Muhammad). Inscribed with the name of its owner on the reverse of the scabbard: "Sâhibuhu Muhammad" and the date 1217 H / 1802. Length : 57,5 cm ; gross weight : 600 g We thank Mrs Camille Celier for her reading of the inscriptions. [Russian art]