Moro kris

[Maurice]

Hi,

Here my latest find, an old moro kris.
The kris has a curved laminated blade, and a seperate 'ganja'.
Also it has one silver clamp, on top held by a seperate piece of brass which continues in an angle along the tang under the silverwork.
It has a rather small (older type) wooden cockatoo pommel, and plaited silver 'wickerwork'. The wooden piece under the plaited silver (the grip/handle) is unfortunately broken, so the pommel is slightly moving and it doesn't have a firm grip when handling.
Probably the scabbard is not as old as the kris, and doesn't have a nice fit on top. The scabbard is also somewhat 'oversized' for the blade of the kris. It has a horn endpiece, mother of pearl inlaid 'star', and the rattan strokes (old rattan bands that were cut in length to fit around the scabbard) were glued on the scabbard by a former owner.
The length of the kris is 615mm (120mm hilt, and 495mm blade).
The total length of the kris in the scabbard is 755mm.


Any comments about age, origin or other info about the kris and scabbard are most welcome.

(PS I cleaned the silverwork only very superficial, as I like it that it shows age. It was rather black when I got it).

Kind regards,
Maurice

[David R]

Nice one!