AMUNTAI , KERIS DAGGER
Item #W0230
PRICE: € 290,-
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Overall length: 31 cm / 12,20 inch
Weight: 200 grams
Blade length: 16 cm / 6,30 inch
Blade width: 22 mm (base), 17 mm (middle), 10 mm (near the tip)
Amuntai (South Borneo), pre 1880, Chinese/Malay cross cultural keris-dagger.
Hilt:
Made for a small hand.
Horn hilt with silver ferrule and curved handguard, and a copper endpiece.
Between the handguard and copper endpiece, eight chains are attached with many round bulbs in between the chain.
Hilt Measurements: 9 cm long, 7,5 cm at the widest (handguard) and 2 cm thick.
Blade:
Strong sturdy keris blade, nice pamor and pitted.
Blade was all rusty at arrival, and only cleaned superficially.
Sheath:
Wooden scabbard (cracked in the length, but stable and not working crack, because of the tight silver fittings).
Sheath Measurements: length 21.8 cm, width 3 cm, thick 2 cm.
Additional Info:
A similar dagger (but with straight blade instead of a wavy keris blade and a bone hilt) had been collected by Carl Bock pre 1880 in Amuntai (South Borneo), and is now in the British Museum collection. Collectionnumber: "As,Bk.93"