Dagger
Native Name:
Kris
Object Number:
42-30-371
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Javanese
Provenience:
Java (uncertain)
Section:
Oceanian
Materials:
Metal
Ivory
Gemstone
Description:
Straight blade; pamor beras/wos wutah (scattered raw rice grains), strong loopy designs (Frey 38; Groneman 81); mendak: 12 flowers; ivory hilt carved as a Jawa demon figural with sharp nose as from Palembang, Sumatra (Van Zonneveld 66 #288), or stylized raksasa bent over in brooding position as from Ceribon, Java (Groneman 284; Frey 47), grey cat's eye gem in forehead; 4 jagged dentiform frets on long end of blade base (Frey 35) as from Java (Groneman 95, 98 #913)
Length:
47.2cm
Width:
8.5cm
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Weapons and Defense ( Oct 1951 - Jan 1952)
Bibliography:
[Book] Frey, Edward. 1988. The Kris: Mystic Weapon of the Malay World. : Page/Fig./Plate: 35, 38, 47, 95, 98 #913
[Book] Groneman, Isaac. 2009. The Javanese Kris. : Page/Fig./Plate: 81, 284
[Book] Van Zonneveld, Albert G. 2001. Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago. : Page/Fig./Plate: 66 #288
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