Kris with Sheath
Unknown Indonesian, Indonesian
mid-19th century
Steel, silver, and wood
Overall: 15 3/8 × 1 5/16 in. (39 × 3.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.25980
Geography
Place Made: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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