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Indonesian Dagger Handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:57:55 +0000

Title: Dagger handle

Date: late 18th or 19th century

Culture: Indonesia (Bali or Eastern Java)

Medium: Engraved and chased sheet gold, inset with semiprecious stones and rock
crystal, over wood

Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification: Sculpture

Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, by exchange and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney Gift, 2008

Accession Number: 2008.422

This kris hilt depicts Batara Bayu, the Hindu deity Bhima's spiritual mentor, an auspicious motif for a dagger, as one of his roles is to ward off evil and offer protection to the keeper of the weapon. Dressed in sumptuously detailed textiles, he holds a kris dagger and is seated on a rocky foliate landscape, enriched with precious stones and inset with elliptical pieces of rock crystal.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74529

Indonesian Dagger Handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:57:52 +0000

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Kidney Dagger and Landsknecht Dagger in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2008

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:49:40 +0000

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'Kidney' Dagger (left)
Steel, bone grip
English (?), 1450-1500

Accession # 26.145.7

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

'Landsknecht' Dagger (right)
Steel, bronze, bone grip
French, late 15th century

Accession # 26.145.43

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label

Dagger Handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:50:38 +0000

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Title/Object Name: Dagger handle

Culture: Indonesia (Bali or Eastern Java)

Date: late 18th or 19th century

Medium: Engraved and chased sheet gold, inset with semiprecious stones and rock crystal, over wood

Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification: Sculpture

Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, by exchange and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney Gift, 2008

Accession Number: 2008.422

Description:

This kris hilt depicts Batara Bayu, the Hindu deity Bhima's spiritual mentor, an auspicious motif for a dagger, as one of his roles is to ward off evil and offer protection to the keeper of the weapon. Dressed in sumptuously detailed textiles, he holds a kris dagger and is seated on a rocky foliate landscape, enriched with precious stones and inset with elliptical pieces of rock crystal.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/6004...

Dagger and Scabbard in the Princeton University Art Museum, August 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (LaurieAnnie) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:43:50 +0000

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Dagger and Scabbard, richly inlaid and signed on the back of the hilt by the maker Honillius
Roman, 1st century AD
Bronze, iron, silver, gold, niello

# 1999-148

Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.