Author: DUUREN, D. VAN,
Title: Krisses. A critical bibliography. Extended and improved edition.
Description: Wijk en Aalburg-Amsterdam, Picture Publishers/Royal Tropical Institute, KIT. [COP], 1998. Small 8°., original blind stamped cloth, gilded title on cover and spine, dustjacket. 192pp. Many detailed and extensively captioned coloured illustrations on 12 plates, featuring regional Indonesian Kerisses, handles, types of blades, ganja, fold. illustrated classification table of types of blades, list of appreviations, locations of literature about the Kris, appendix, table of contents. Indispensable english language critical bibliography on the Keris and her components, preceded by an extensive introduction. Very fine copy WITH dustjacket.

Keywords: keris kris krissen creese literature bibliography critical culture tradition heritage legacy anthropology indonesia southeastasia