LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: dagger

Title: Dagger handle Date: late 18th or 19th century Culture: Indonesia (Bali or Eastern Java) Medium: Engraved and chased sheet gold, inset with semiprecious stones and rock crystal, over wood Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, by exchange and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney Gift, 2008 Accession Number: 2008.422 This kris hilt depicts Batara Bayu, the Hindu deity Bhima's spiritual mentor, an auspicious motif for a dagger, as one of his roles is to ward off evil and offer protection to the keeper of the weapon. Dressed in sumptuously detailed textiles, he holds a kris dagger and is seated on a rocky foliate landscape, enriched with precious stones and inset with elliptical pieces of rock crystal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74529

Title: Dagger handle Date: late 18th or 19th century Culture: Indonesia (Bali or Eastern Java) Medium: Engraved and chased sheet gold, inset with semiprecious stones and rock crystal, over wood Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, by exchange and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney Gift, 2008 Accession Number: 2008.422 This kris hilt depicts Batara Bayu, the Hindu deity Bhima's spiritual mentor, an auspicious motif for a dagger, as one of his roles is to ward off evil and offer protection to the keeper of the weapon. Dressed in sumptuously detailed textiles, he holds a kris dagger and is seated on a rocky foliate landscape, enriched with precious stones and inset with elliptical pieces of rock crystal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74529

'Kidney' Dagger (left) Steel, bone grip English (?), 1450-1500 Accession # 26.145.7 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label. 'Landsknecht' Dagger (right) Steel, bronze, bone grip French, late 15th century Accession # 26.145.43 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label

Title/Object Name: Dagger handle Culture: Indonesia (Bali or Eastern Java) Date: late 18th or 19th century Medium: Engraved and chased sheet gold, inset with semiprecious stones and rock crystal, over wood Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, by exchange and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney Gift, 2008 Accession Number: 2008.422 Description: This kris hilt depicts Batara Bayu, the Hindu deity Bhima's spiritual mentor, an auspicious motif for a dagger, as one of his roles is to ward off evil and offer protection to the keeper of the weapon. Dressed in sumptuously detailed textiles, he holds a kris dagger and is seated on a rocky foliate landscape, enriched with precious stones and inset with elliptical pieces of rock crystal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/6004...

Dagger and Scabbard, richly inlaid and signed on the back of the hilt by the maker Honillius Roman, 1st century AD Bronze, iron, silver, gold, niello # 1999-148 Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.