IRON ANCESTORS.

KRIS SAJEN, KRIS MAJAPAHIT AND RELATED OBJECTS.

Alkema, Theo (text); Grishaaver, Ben (photography); Sirag, Karel (line drawings).

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222 pp.; 288 colour photographs, 27 b/w drawings, glossary, biblio.. Text: English. Leiden, 2010. Cloth. Standard work.

book nr. 9233                 € 60,00

This important monography focusses on the all-iron kris with an ancestor as its hilt, amulets rather than weapons. This first ever publication on the subject entirely devoted to these time-honoured heirlooms is based on the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology (Leiden, the Netherlands) and on a private collection of great quality and quantity. Theo Alkema's 'Iron Ancestors' is enhanced with 288 illustrations by top-photographer Ben Grishaaver and with 27 exquisite drawings by the artist Karel Sirag.