Author: DUUREN, D. VAN,
Title: Een teruggevonden Indo-Javaans Unicum: De 'Kris van Knaud'. In:Äziatische Kunst, 34-2.
Description: Amsterdam, VVAK, 2004. sm. 8°. Orig. limp wraps. page 1-19. 11 very detaild text-ills, of which 7 coloured, notes to essay at end. Excellent attempt of an analytical history and description of the curious and very rare Indo-Javanese kris-blade, present in the holdings of the Royal Tropical Institute, K.I.T., Amsterdam, commonly called De Kris van Knaud. This rare blade, originally acquired by Charles Knaud [Java, 1840-.X), of which a plaster cast and a photograph was present in the holdings of the Bataviaasch Museum of Arts and Archaeology in the 19th century, and later extensively described, with a full-p. plate in N.J. Krom's 'Hindoe-Javaansche Kunst' (2-volume edn., 1920). A very interesting essay.

Keywords: kris keris knaud blade pamor smithing indo javanese java history pusaka colonialism indonesia knaud southeast asia crafts