Handle of a Kris
maker
Unknown
Date19th century
Place MadeJava, Indonesia, Southeast Asia
MediumGilded copper, wood core
Dimensions10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsWeapons and Ammunition
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM18e79
eMuseum ID728120
Previous Number510
EmbARK ObjectID14224
TMS Source ID3039
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIn December 1883, Isabella and Jack Gardner bought krises – ceremonial Javanese knives – in Surabaya and Yogyakarta (pp. 262, 266), and Isabella noted how they were worn by the Javanese.
Source: “Objects from Cambodia and Java,” in Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia, edited by Alan Chong and Noriko Murai (Boston: ISGM and Gutenberg Periscope, 2009): 457.
Source: “Objects from Cambodia and Java,” in Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia, edited by Alan Chong and Noriko Murai (Boston: ISGM and Gutenberg Periscope, 2009): 457.
BibliographyNotesAlan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), p. 457, fig. 5. (as Javanese, dated 19th century)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Surabaya or Yogyakarta, Java, December 1883.
