Title
knife kris
Identifier
Description
Kris with straight, double-edged, damascened blade in steel. Carved wooden handle. Carved wooden sheath bearing symbols in black ink. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Madurese Kris. The letters on the sheath are the 'chop' of a Chinese pawnbrokers. Mr Arthur Fraser.' Arthur Fraser was Thomson's brother-in-law and a merchant in Java.
Format
L (blade): 370 mm
Coverage
Asia Indonesia Madura Java
Creator
Thomson, Alexander Mr
Relation
metal steel wood pigment
Contributor
Thomson, Alexander Mr
UUID
1c6b3ac2-be3d-4cad-bdc3-e379eff10e3f