Kris Sword with Sheath
Unidentified Moro maker
early 20th century
Steel, wood, brass, and plant fiber
Overall: 26 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (66.2 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.25979
Geography
Place Made: Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Peter Johnson (possibly Captain Peter E. Johnson, 1875-1912), San Francisco, California; to Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1920's-1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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