Description:

**Originally Listed At $400**

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine example of a personal ceremonial dagger known as a kris (also keris) with an abstract avian handle and a castellated brass spacer bulb underneath. The forged-steel blade features a gentle serpentine profile, a projecting hand guard, and ribbons of lighter nickel hammered into the surfaces. The wooden sheath bears a bulky guard protector as well as an ovoid blade housing with a lozenge-shaped bottom cap. Size (w/ sheath): 5.9" W x 17.7" H (15 cm x 45 cm); (blade): 14.5" L x 2.55" W (36.8 cm x 6.5 cm)

Provenance: private Rochester, Michigan, USA collection

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#137962

  • Condition: Bottom of sheath likely reattached with light adhesive residue along break lines. Point of hand guard pokes out from top of sheath and suggests either the blade or sheath are not original to one another. Minor nicks and oxidation to blade, with slight bending to handle and spacer cap on tang, light abrasions to sheath, and small chip on one side of blade opening on top of guard protector. Great patina throughout.

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