Kris (keris) ornamented with a veiled Durga, acting as the goddess of the netherworld, ready for frightening a victim to death; probably inscribed with a Koran verse in Arabic script. Garut, Garut district, West Java province, 18th century., photograph, Isidore Kinsbergen, Java, (possibly), Oct-1863 - Apr-1864, paper, albumen print, height, 210 mm × width, 170 mm

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