‡AN INDONESIAN PRESENTATION KRIS, ANOTHER KRIS, AN INDIAN QUOIT (CHAKRAM) AND AN INDIAN BAR MACE

‡AN INDONESIAN PRESENTATION KRIS, 20TH CENTURY, ANOTHER KRIS, AN INDIAN QUOIT (CHAKRAM) AND AN INDIAN BAR MACE FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade of watered steel, carved hardwood grip with characteristic beaked pommel, in its scabbard with presentation plaque inscribed 'Presented by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Prime Minister on the Occasion of Malaysia Day 16th September 1963'; the second with wavy blade, grip with two carved panels filled with traditional scrollwork, in its scabbard applied with a large brass sheet almost entirely encasing the pendak, the third formed of a circular steel band chiselled with scrolling foliage and fowerheads on each face, and the fourth formed of a faceted cylinder, flared at each end and slightly curved at the top 21.5 cm; 8 1/2 in blade (4)