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Description: | Kris with straight blade and carved ivory handle, with a wooden sheath. Unusual jawa demam hulu, very upright clear legs and arms. Very unusual for this sheath to have this hulu. Very early style. Good straight East Javanese style blade. Hilt Minangkabau or Straits Bugis but sheath East Java or Madura.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11770 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | dagger sheaths (sheaths (weapons: accessories)) wood ivory elephant ivory kris (daggers (weapons: edged)) iron War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-117605 | Go to resource |
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