Executioner's Kris with Sheath

Medium

Steel, wood, horn, gold

Dimensions

L. with sheath 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm); L. without sheath 23 5/8 in. (60 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Wt. 10.1 oz. (286.3 g); Wt. of sheath 6.4 oz. (181.4 g)

Classification

Krisses

Culture

Malayan

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number

36.25.1092a, b