17th-19th century AD. A kris ritual dagger comprising a slender iron wavy pamor blade, possibly of 17th century date, with later carved wooden pistol-grip handle with curved hulu pommel, reserved leaf patterns, with earlier wooden wrangka with old collector's label, handwritten German text beginning 'Geschenk' (gift) and date 1907(?); in a 19th century wooden sheath in a brass sleeve with incised foliage, wreath and Malay inscription. See Gardner, G. B., Keris and Other Malay Weapons, Reprint Edition, 2010. 346 grams, 51cm (20"). Property of a private New York collection, Ex Hermann Historica.