Sheath for Kris Or E. Indian Dagger
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Richard R. Waldron
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SLIGHTLY BOWED BLADE LATERAL EDGES OF STEEL BLADE STRAIGHT; LIP OVATED; ONE STIRRUP AT GUARD; DECORATIVE DESIGN ON GUARD FLORAL AND LIKE OTHERS JUST DESCRIBED POMMEL OF FINE GRAINED YELLOW HARDWOOD CONTINUATION OF GRIP OF SAME WOOD GRIP WRAPPED WITH BLACK WAXED CORD WRAPPED IN SIMPLE ROLL HELD IN POSITION BY SILVER FERRULE 1 CM. WIDE ORNAMENTED WITH DESIGN. REFER: KRIEGER, HERBERT: "COLL. PRIMITIVE WEAPONS, P.I.. USNM., BULL. 137, P.79 [where it is published under incorrect catalogue number of 3994]."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 74 as ""Kris" from the Sooloo [Sulu] Islands [Philippines], a weapon constantly worn by all classes of the Malay's." Catalogue card identifies as East Indian Archipelago. Sheath has original Peale # label.
label: Notes
content: Currently only the sheath has been located in the collections; kris not found.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sulu Islands (not certain), Philippines (not certain) / Indonesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3904-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kris Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Sheath
content: 56 cm