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Title	Executioner's Kris
Date	18th–19th century 18th century
Medium	Steel, wood, brass
Classification	Krisses
Origin	Malayan Malayan
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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