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Object Number 973-18-70/13313
Display Title Kris, with crooked carved ivory handle, metal blade, and wood and +
Descriptions
Object Description Kris, with crooked carved ivory handle, metal blade, and wood and +
Inventory Description Knife and sheath, metal and ivory knife, marbled metal blade, curved ivory handle, ivory carved with zoomorphic and curvilinear designs, narrow and tapered sheath with wide collar, metal sheath with vertical band of tortoiseshell, wide wooden collar, wood smooth, curved and angled
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Dimensions Overall (measurement of sheath): 45.5 × 16.4 × 4.4 cm (17 15/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-18-70/13313

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