A BONE JAVANESE KRIS HILTJava, late 19th – early 20th century8,5 cm high Finely carved with a demoniac figure with arms folded, the whole body covered with vegetation, wooden stand.Provenance: the collection of a Dutch noblewoman lived in Indonesia, acquired before 1975.According to Vanna Ghirindelli (Kris Hilts. Masterpieces of South-East Asian Art, Milan 2011, p. 40), this type of figure might be a minor Hindu god of vegetation. The style of carving is from the North-Eastern coast of Java/ Madura.