Malay Keris with double-edged wavy blade
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Keris with double-edged wavy blade and jagged spur with 'comb' ornament, plain straight handle covered with pitch like substance. [El.B 1/3/2007]
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Subject
Dagger, sword
Date
Date made: 1874
Type
Weapon, Tool
Identifier
1884.24.229
Origin
Sulu Archipelago, Philippines (Malay)
Materials
Steel, pitch
Process: Forged.
Process: Forged.
Physical Dimensions
Length: max 570 mm
Provenance
Augustus Henry Lane Fox, Pitt Rivers founding collection. Collected by 1874.
Acquisition Date
1884
Display status
Not on Display
Display history:
Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display, as part of the first batch of objects sent there, probably in 1874. This object was listed in the Delivery Catalogue as having been transferred from South Kensington Museum in 1884.
Display history:
Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display, as part of the first batch of objects sent there, probably in 1874. This object was listed in the Delivery Catalogue as having been transferred from South Kensington Museum in 1884.
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“Malay Keris with double-edged wavy blade,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 19, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/27797.
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