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Keris (short sword)
Keris (short sword)
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Keris (short sword)

Date1800s
Mediumsteel, copper, silver, cord, lacquer
Dimensions74.6 × 61 cm (29 3/8 × 24 in.), 2 lb, 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.312
DescriptionPossibly some tin components?
ProvenanceMacIntosh collection (#63); purchased by the Museum in December 1970. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Barong (knife)
Moro People
1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Moro People
late 1800s
Wakizashi (short sword of a daisho set)
Japanese
1416, mountings early 1800s
Wakizashi (short sword)
Japanese
1800s, blade perhaps 1500s
Keris (dagger)
Java
hilt probably late 1800s, blade perhaps 1700s
Wakizashi (short sword)
Osafune, Norimitsu
1500s, with later fittings
Sheath for Short Sword
Congo Region, Central African
early 1900s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Japanese
late 1400s–early 1500s
Acorn-shaped Kabuto
Myochin Ki (no) Munechika
February 1855