Description:

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An attractive example of a personal ceremonial dagger known as a kris (also keris). The hand-carved wooden handle has a pair of abstract anthropomorphic maskettes along the interior curve, and the copper-silver spacer disc beneath is adorned with intricate granulated motifs. The forged-steel blade bears a straight profile with a projecting hand guard and ribbons of lighter nickel hammered into the surfaces. The sheath is carved from a single piece of wood with a broad, sweeping guard protector as well as a form-fitting brass sheath jacket. Size (w/ sheath): 6.375" W x 18.9" H (16.2 cm x 48 cm); (blade): 15.2" L x 3.25" W (38.6 cm x 8.3 cm)

Provenance: private Rochester, Michigan, USA collection

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#138000

  • Condition: Handle and spacer disc are perhaps more modern than the sheath and blade. Minor abrasions and tarnishing to sheath jacket, with minor oxidation to blade, otherwise intact and very good. Nice patina on blade and sheath.

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