Grand Vestibule: The British Monarchy and the World
The Grand Vestibule at Windsor Castle reflects interaction between the monarchy and the wider world
INDONESIA
Kris and sheath
RCIN 62919
Indonesian kris, the ivory handle carved as a stylised Garuda bird, mounted on a gold selut decorated with rubies and emeralds. Two-edged straight blade of watered steel. The ivory sheath decorated at the wide upper part (wrongka) with applied gold stars and a ribbon set with a table-cut ruby and gold band.