Subject: panggau warrior
Culture: Sumatran Malay
Setting: Jambi, Palembang sultanates, eastern Sumatra/Lampong 19thc
Object: keris panjang long kris
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Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Sword (kris panjang) Peninsular Malayan
The hilt is of ebony carved in the form of a stylised Garuda or jawa demam figure.
This type of kris was used for executions, the blade driven into the victim
beside the collar bone, and into the heart."
* Tropenmuseum > Zuidoost-Azië
"Kris met schede De schede van deze kris is versierd met omhoog groeiende ranken en lotusbloemen.
IJzer, zilver goud, ivoor. Karimun-eilanden, Noord-Sumatra, Indonesië. Iste helft 20ste eeuw."
