On June 24, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum hosted the presentation of two daggers donated to the museum by the famous armourer Emin Mammadov. The event was organized as part of the celebration of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces Day.

Emin Mammadov, the author smith of these valuable works of art lives and works in Canada, where he conducts research and promotes Azerbaijan armourers' art. He is the author of the book The Azerbaijan Armourer’s Art, written in co-authorship with Alexander Volovik. The publication attracts attention with its design and information richness. Also, E. Mammadov is the first-place winner at the Culture for Peace competition organized by UNESCO in Paris this April.

One of the daggers donated to the museum by Emin Mammadov, the master of traditional design of weapons is made based on the Shamakhi armoury traditions. The scabbard of the dagger deserves special attention. The upper part has the depiction of the praying nobleman, while the lower part is decorated with the images of the bride and groom in national costumes and rich floral patterns. The second dagger’s artistic design is typical for the Qajar period weapons. The scabbard and the grip of the dagger have silver inlay and are adorned with elegant buta and other floral patterns.

These art pieces, included within the museum’s Artistic Metalwork collection, testifies the continuation of the ancient artistic traditions of Azerbaijan.

Dr Shirin Melikova, Director of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Abdulla Gurbani, Representative of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Honored Art Worker, Telman Ibrahimov, Leading Scientific Researcher of ANAS Institute of Architecture and Art, Professor of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts, and Rizvan Huseynov, Director of the Center for the History of the Caucasus, gave a speech at the event.

At the end of the event, the participants visited the museum’s Jewelry fund and observe the daggers that verify the existence of our ancient art traditions nowadays.