A BALINESE KRIS, a snake-shaped wrought iron blade, the ebony hilt carved as a kotjetan, partly with gold overlay and set with semi-precious stones, a gold collar set with glass-beads, in a wood wrongka and scabberd, the last with partly gilded-silver slorok, embossed with a hunting scene
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A BALINESE KRIS, a snake-shaped wrought iron blade, the ebony hilt carved as a kotjetan, partly with gold overlay and set with semi-precious stones, a gold collar set with glass-beads, in a wood wrongka and scabberd, the last with partly gilded-silver slorok, embossed with a hunting scene
59 cm long
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