Title(s)

Kris (keris) ornamented with a veiled Durga, acting as the goddess of the netherworld, ready for frightening a victim to death; probably inscribed with a Koran verse in Arabic script. Garut, Garut disctrict, West Java province, 18th century.

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2005-159-12

Artist

• Isidore Kinsbergen

Place

Java (possibly)

Dating

Oct-1863 - Apr-1864

Material

• paper
• photographic support
• cardboard

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 210 mm × width 170 mm

Acquisition

2005

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Album Ankersmit II / Van Kinsbergen met foto's van monumenten van Java (RP-F-2005-159)

• Isidore van Kinsbergen (1821-1905) : fotopionier en theatermaker in Nederlands-Indië, Saskia E. Asser, Gerda Theuns-de Boer, Steven Wachlin, p. 231, cat.nr. 37-A