Kris (sword)

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Photo by John Bentham.
Kris (sword)
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (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
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.34a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: before 1860
Medium: Iron, wood, twine
Object number: 2023.10.39a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.40a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 18th century
Medium: Iron, brass
Object number: 2023.10.35
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.27
Wood and metal arrow
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bamboo, iron, and twine
Object number: S2023.2.3
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Iron
Object number: 2023.10.42
Metal spear
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Metal (iron?), wood
Object number: S2023.2.9
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Forged metal, likely bronze or iron
Object number: 2023.10.38a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Iron, wood
Object number: 2023.10.53
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 1850-1943
Medium: Steel, dyed and inlaid bone or horn, leather, wood, brass
Object number: 1943.17