Elusive Tulip Pommel Kris

[Battara]

Greetings folks! I am posting a kris by permission of the owner. This is what Cato calls the "tulip" kris with the pommel in the form of a tulip bulb. I have only seen one picture of one which a fellow formite has.

This is one that I have handled and it is a smaller one. The pommel in question is ivory and the bands silver and braided hemp. Hard to see but there are laminations in the blade. Unfortunately the scabbard is in poor shape. I think this piece is possibly Maranao and maybe early 19c due to its size.

IT was brought back by John Wesley Bonzo who was a dentist with the US Army during the Spanish-American War. He returned from the Philippines in 1901 and died in 1969 at 100 years old. The owner is a relative.

I thought I'd post this for our research and records. My thanks to the owner.

Enjoy.