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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Moro
(Philippines)
Date1870-1915
MediumIron, brass, wood, rawhide, woven grass
DimensionsOverall (Sword): 27 × 4 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (68.6 × 10.8 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (Sheath): 23 1/2 × 5 × 1 1/4 in. (59.7 × 12.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.33a-b
On view
DescriptionKris (keris), an asymetrical sword used as both a weapon and spiritual object. Used in the Indonesian martial art of pencak silat, but also used by the Moro people of the Philippines at the time of the Philippine Insurrection.
Additional Details
Inscribed
"E46" inscribed near base of blade
"E47" inscribed near base of sheath
"E47" inscribed near base of sheath
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.34a-b
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.40a-b
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Cotton, leather, twine, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.1
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, thread, woven grass, black dye
Object number: 2023.10.11a-b