Kris with Sheath

Medium

Steel, pelet wood (possibly kajoe), gold, semiprecious stones, copper alloy

Dimensions

L. with sheath 23 in. (58.4 cm); L. without sheath 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm); L. of blade 15 3/4 in. (40 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Wt. 15.1 oz. (428.1 g); Wt. of sheath 6.4 oz. (181.4 g)

Classification

Krisses

Culture

Balinese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number

36.25.1181a, b