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Also known as kriss, keris, kris dagger, She was 17 Scott
The kris or '''' is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well, and is one of the weapons commonly used in the pencak silat'' martial art native to Indonesia. Kris have been produced in many regions of Indonesia for centuries, but nowhere—although the island of Bali comes close—is the kris so embedded in a mutually-connected whole of ritual prescriptions and acts, ceremonies, storied backgrounds, and e
Key facts
- Weapon.service
- Mataram kingdom, Singhasari Kingdom, Majapahit Empire, Sunda Kingdom, Malacca Sultanate, Demak Sultanate, Mataram Sultanate, Surakarta Sunanate, Yogyakarta Sultanate, Brunei Sultanate, Malay Peninsula, present day Indonesian archipelago
- Weapon.used_by
- Javanese (mainly and originally)Also familiar to Balinese, Sundanese, Malays, Banjar, Madurese, Buginese and Makassar
- Weapon.wars
- Battle of Genter, Pamalayu expedition, Mongol invasion of Java, Battle of Bubat, Majapahit civil war, Siege of Batavia, Diponegoro War, Indonesian National Revolution
- Weapon.designer
- Javanese people
- Weapon.variants
- Kalis, Balasiong, Punyal (Gunong), Chundrik
- Weapon.blade_type
- Double edged nickelous iron or steel
- Weapon.hilt_type
- Ivory, bone, horn, wooden or metals. Sometimes coated with gold or silver and decorated with gemstones
- Weapon.sheath_type
- Wooden frame covered and decorated with ivory or metals (gold, silver, copper, iron, brass, or steel)
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Indonesian Kris
- Intangible heritage.State Party
