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| Native Name | Kris |
| Object Number: | 42-30-373A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Javanese (uncertain) |
| Provenience: | Java (uncertain) |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Metal Wood |
| Length: | 43.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 519 - Other Number |
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)
Bibliography:
| [Book] Frey, Edward. 1988. The Kris: Mystic Weapon of the Malay World.. Oxford University Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 34 (Fig. 6c) | View Objects related to this Type Citation | |
| [Book] Groneman, Isaac. 2009. The Javanese Kris.. C. Zwartenkot Art Books - Leiden and KITLV Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 180-1 | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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