The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Kris, a sword with an asymmetrical, triangular base extending down into a wavy silver metal blade. A dark-brown, wrapped cylindrical hilt fastens to the blade, topped by a vaguely claw-shaped, dark-brown piece that arcs diagonally down. The triangular base of the blade is flat on the base but has organic, curving serration on the other sizes before smoothing into the wavy blade, all covered in tarnished black spots.

Sword (Kris)

1800s

Philippines

Blade: metal; handle: wood and metal
Overall: 69.9 cm (27 1/2 in.); Blade: 54.3 cm (21 3/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1918.654
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1918
    (C. S. Hill, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1918
    Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1918–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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