. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 89.— Malay kris. more than the other, and hence leaving the surface grooved. The exe- cution kris is also used as a thrust weapon, the parang-latolc being used for beheading. The cul- prit or victim, as the case may be, sits in a chair, and his extended arms are held by two persons. The executioner stands behind and places the point of the kris just by the left collar bone, and strikes it downward, piercing the heart. If he be fastidio
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 89.— Malay kris. more than the other, and hence leaving the surface grooved. The exe- cution kris is also used as a thrust weapon, the parang-latolc being used for beheading. The cul- prit or victim, as the case may be, sits in a chair, and his extended arms are held by two persons. The executioner stands behind and places the point of the kris just by the left collar bone, and strikes it downward, piercing the heart. If he be fastidious he places a pledget of cotton wool around the point of the kris before thrusting it into the thorax, holds it there tightly, so as to wipe the weapon on its recovery, thrusts the wool into the gap, and thus avoids shedding a drop of blood. "A most delicate ; It may be added that the kris is the most cherished possession of its owner, and may be worth $20, when his cloth- ing would not command 2o cents. Some krisesare heavily inlaid with gold. The sheath is of wood and comparatively plain. The size of the weapon is usually from 12 to 15 inches long, but larger ones are to be seen. Some authorities have told us that the handle is always bent at right angles to the blade. In the Javan collection of the Dutch colonies in the Main Building the handles were as represented in the figure. Five swords of the Philippine Islands are represented in Fig. 00. They were in the Spanish Government Building. The resemblance to the Malaysian im- plements is very marked; a is evidently a Jcris; l> is a parang; c is a parang- ihlang. The Siamese sword143 used from ele- phant back has a handle four feet long of heavy wood and a screw-joint in the Fig. 90 Swords of the Philippines. middle to make it more portable. The l« 's "Voyage Round the World," p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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