Live Auction 7987Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
A IVORY HILTED MORO KRIS
Lot 455

A IVORY HILTED MORO KRIS

MORO, PHILIPPINES, 19TH CENTURY

Closed6 October 2011

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GBP 6,250

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A IVORY HILTED MORO KRIS
MORO, PHILIPPINES, 19TH CENTURY
The angled 'bird-shaped' bone pommel with pointed elongated tail, cusped head and curved stylised wings, the grip with silver-wire decoration and silver studs, the blade of waved form with central groove decorated with geometric and stylised wave design in silver inlay, the top of the blade flared and decorated with openwork decoration representing a beak and long extended tail plumage, in good condition
30¼in. (76.5cm.) long.

Specialist note

For a similar example and a discussion on the Moro kris see Anthony C. Tirri, Islamic Weapons Maghrib to Moghul, USA, 2003, p. 438-440.