Kris with sheath
Unknown Filipino, Filipino
collected about 1900
Iron spring, wood, steel, and leather
Overall: 21 11/16 × 1 5/8 in. (55.1 × 4.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Class of 1927P
42.15.7755
Geography
Place Made: Negros Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Lt. Col. Alfred Theodore Clifton (1875-1944) with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in the Philippines, 1901; given to present collection (through his son, Alfred Theodore Clifton, Jr. (1906-1996), Class of 1927), 1942.
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