Kris ( Keris) With Straight Iron Blade

Keris [.1] with straight iron blade, carved hilt and bound grip. With a wooden sheath [.2] bound with textile, string and cane. [SM 03/01/2008]

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Identifier

1935.69.22 .1 1935.69.22 .2

Origin

SE ASIA. Philippines

Materials

Iron Metal / Wood Plant / Textile / String / Cane Plant / ?Resin Plant /
Processes: Forged (Metal) / Carved / Bound / Woven / Twisted / Dyed

Physical Dimensions

Max L [.1] = 572 mm Max W [.1] = 122 mm Max L [.2] = 523 mm Max W [.2] = 62 mm

Provenance

Field Collector: Unknown When Collected: By 1935 Other Owners: Stevens Auction Rooms Sale 10 September 1935 (lot 181) PRM Source: Stevens Auction Rooms Acquired: Purchased September 1935

Acquisition Date

1935

Short description

Object description: Keris [.1] with straight iron blade, carved hilt and bound grip. With a wooden sheath [.2] bound with textile, string and cane. The blade is decorated with a spur and comb that have perforations below the hilt. The hilt is slightly curved and the grip is bound with string and covered in a black substance, possibly ?resin. The sheath is made from two pieces of wood bound together at the base with split cane and below the mouth with string and red, cream and red and cream check patterned textiles. A loop of thick string that is bound beneath the red and cream check textiles. It is also carved with zigzags and diamonds on the back. [SM 03/01/2008]

Display status

Not on Display

Acknowledgements

http://objects.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/PRMUID106948.html

Official Website

http://objects.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/PRMUID106948.html

Collection

Pitt Rivers Museum

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“Kris ( Keris) With Straight Iron Blade,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed October 9, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2529.

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