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Object Number 13-11-70/84419
Display Title Kris and scabbard
Descriptions
Object Description Kris. Blade is Modurese (from an Island off the north coast of East Java). Handle, ornamental ring and sheath are all Buganese.
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, carved and polished wood sheath and grip, metal decoration
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Sumatra
Dimensions Overall: 44.8 x 14.4 x 8.9 cm (17 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 13-11-70/84419

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