Dagger

Native Name:

Kris

Object Number:

42-30-373A

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Javanese (uncertain)

Provenience:

Java (uncertain)

Section:

Oceanian

Materials:

Metal
Wood

Description:

Wavy blade, length typical of Javanese (Frey 34); 15 curves; iron-silver with heavy horizontal pamor; blade base: serrations, trunk, tusk, lips on short end, dentiform frets on long end; broken wood cup; dark ancestor figure hilt, elaborately carved, head extended forward, as possible from Java (Groneman 180-1)

Length:

43.8cm

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing

Other Number:

519

Other Number

Bibliography:

[Book] Frey, Edward. 1988. The Kris: Mystic Weapon of the Malay World. : Page/Fig./Plate: 34

[Book] Groneman, Isaac. 2009. The Javanese Kris. : Page/Fig./Plate: 180-1

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