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Kris, anonymous, 1300 - 1600

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Kris, anonymous, 1300 - 1600

iron (metal), l 14.7cm × h 1.2cm × d 2cm More details

Rituals can also be performed during non-religious occasions. This small kris was probably used in rites for the magic healing of wounds and disease.

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Identification

Title(s)

Kris
Kris Majapahit

Object type

kris

Object number

AK-MAK-270

Description

Kris Majapahit, in pamor-techniek.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Java

Dating

1300 - 1600

Material and Technique

Material

iron (metal)
nickel (metal)

Measurements

length 14.7 cm × height 1.2 cm × depth 2 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Georg Tillmann, c. 1936)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; donated by Georg Tillmann (1882-1941) to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1936?;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

AC-00001610object | reproductionobject | reproductieBK3549 18x24RM0001.COLLECT.1500001609

Documentation

Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, p. 87, cat.nr. 310
David van Duuren, 'Krissen in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam', Aziatische Kunst 26 (1996) nr. 2, p. 2-17, afb. 1.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.1996