Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1998-0002-0002A,B | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork; Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Sword (kris) with sheath | |
| Culture | Igorot (?) | |
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Philippines | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Luzon | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1905 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Metal: Steel; Rosewood; Wood; Bamboo | |
| Description | A: Sword (kris) with slender, hand forged, single-edged blade whose cutting edge is convex and tapers toward distal end; Proximal end is hafted in wooden hand grip carved in highly stylized shape of bird and wrapped at base with braided bamboo; B: Sheath carved from 2 pieces of wood; Overall shape is rectangular with round extension at distal end and expanded proximal end; Two halves of sheath are lashed together with continuous strip of bamboo. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = A=6.2; B=11.1, Thickness = A=3.6; B=1.8, Length = A=56.2; B=47.9 | |