Subject: pendekar warrior

Culture: Javanese

Setting: wars of succession, Mataram sultanate 18thc

Object: keris Surakarta dagger

Mayborn Museum Complex > Strecker's Cabinet's of Curiosities *

* Tropenmuseum > Zuidoost-Azië

"Kris Nagasasra. IJzer met nikkel, goud, zilver, diamanten, hout. Surakarta, Midden-Java, Indonesië. Begin 19e eeuw."

"Kris, Nagasasra. Iron with nickel, gold, silver, diamonds, wood. Surakarta, central Java, Indonesia. Early 19th century."

* Higgins Armory Museum > Great Hall > Combat Wing

"Kris, 19th(?) century Javanese Pattern-welded steel; tayuman wood; brass" ...

* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery

"Dagger (kris) Javanese The hilt is of bone, in the form of a stylised Garuda figure, and the scabbard has a silver pendok.

The blade has been polished, but the original pamor could be restored by etching with lime juice and arsenic oxide." ...

Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *

"Sword (kris) Javanese, 18th century

The pendok is of topengen form, of gold embossed with the 'Bali demon' motif at the top.

The blade is simple and elegant, with a wonderful pamor." ...