Limited technology and unlimited results: an integrated approach about study and conservation of collection from Ras Al-Khaimah national museum

The importance and quality of Archaeological research come from the process of extracting information from materials which are completely have no information. although the Traditional and limited technology used in culture heritage methods (imaging, drawings), might not give a complete image about the story of collection. but if this traditional and limited technology used in a right manner It might be sufficient to obtain the required information from the collection. The research focuses and discuses two case study known as Khanjar خنجر in the form of Jambiya جَنْبِيَّةfrom National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah collection. The objects registered under the museum number RAK 430 and RAK 11584 and were kept in the museum storage and presented to receive the investigation, restoration, and conservation treatment in preparation for future display in the museum gallery for the first time. According to the availability of traditional and limited technology in examination of the two objects prior to treatment indicated a significant important for the history, materials, and technology of this special type of dagger especially when hilt of the dagger was identified to be made from rhino horn. The results obtain information that represent an interesting information about the historical context, materials technology, and the local community environment in which these pieces were produced.