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Datebefore 1860
MediumIron, wood, twine
DimensionsOverall (Sword): 21 × 7 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (53.3 × 19.1 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (Sheath): 19 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (48.3 × 6.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.39a-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. A handwritten inscription on the sheath implies that this sword belonged to the Malay people of the Malay Peninsula.
Additional Details
Inscribed
"Malay Creece [kris] April.26.1860 Cabinet" written on base of sheath
Illegible text on handle
Illegible text on handle
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, brass, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.33a-b
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.34a-b
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bamboo, iron, and twine
Object number: S2023.2.3
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.40a-b
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, wood, copper alloy
Object number: 2023.10.52
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 23, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.269
Rose B. Simpson
Date: 2022
Medium: Clay, glaze, twine, bone, leather, and wood beads
Object number: 2022.19
Date: c. 1850-1875 CE
Medium: Wood, metal, spruce root, and cotton twine
Object number: 1984.504
Date: 19th century
Medium: Brass
Object number: 1994.40
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245