"KATTARA". RARE ARAB SWORD FROM OMAN with long hilt without guard covered with braided silver wire and pommel made of a quadrangular silver ingot. Strong straight blade with gutter, in imitation of European blades. Wooden scabbard partially covered with stamped leather and silver trim. (Worn and missing). Oman, Zanzibar, 19th century. A RARE "KATTARA" SWORD, OMAN, ZANZIBAR, 19TH CENTURY. LONG. 103 CM (40 9/16 IN.) NOTE See Elgood 1994, pl.2.16 for a similar example.