Kris

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Artist Unknown Indonesian

CultureMinangkabau peoples

Titles

Kris

Date19th century

PlaceIndonesia

MediumGold sheeting, ivory, wood, and metal

DimensionsOverall: 14 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (35.6 × 12.1 × 3.2 cm)
A) Dagger: 11 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (29.5 × 8.6 × 3.2 cm)
B) Sheath: 11 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in. (29.2 × 12.1 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2339.A,.B

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

208M Mullins Gallery

Exposé

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Department

Asian Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1994][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1996-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 12/15/94.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Walk in Splendor: The Minangkabau and Their Ceremonial Arts," at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, from May 2 to September 26, 1999 (LN:99.8).
Published References Summerfield, Anne and John Summerfield, "Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau" (Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1999), 101, cat. no. 5.63. Frances Marzio, "The Glassell Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold" (Houston: MFAH; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), pp. 312-313.

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