Lot Essay
The expression pelir anjing (dog's penis) used by van Hoevell in International Archif fur Ethnographie, XVlll, 1908, for all Buginese pistol-shapes is better limited to this type.
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FOUR IVORY KRIS-HILTS, three Javanese carved as figures, squatting, two sperm-whale ivory, with crossed arms and with hands on knees, the fourth a Buginese, slender pistol-shaped from Minangkabau
circa 9 cm high (4)
circa 9 cm high (4)