krises

The handles of the krises are the most common subjects of their ingenuity in this art, which usually exhibit the head and beak of a bird, with the folded arms of a human creature, not unlike the representation of one of the Egyptian deities.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

We demanded that the native chiefs should give up the pirates, and they gave up nine readily, but refused the tenth, against whom “it does not appear that there was any proof,” and drew their krises on our police when they tried to arrest the man in defiance of them.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Stories of amok running, “piracies,” treachery, revenge, poisoned krises, and assassinations, have been made very much of, and any crime or slight disturbance in the native States throws the Settlements into a panic.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

He showed me a number of valuable krises, spears and parangs, and the ladies brought sherbet and sweetmeats, and they were altogether very jolly, and made me pronounce the Malay names of things, and the women laughed heartily when I pronounced them badly.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

The Sultan has a “godown” containing great treasures, concerning which he leads an anxious life — hoards of diamonds and rubies, and priceless damascened krises, with scabbards of pure gold wrought into marvelous devices and incrusted with precious stones.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Even the rails of the road have been carried away by the Moros to be made into _bolos_ and _krises_.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

They shook hands in return, rather awkwardly, but answered smile with smile, talking excitedly in their native tongue, and seeming surprised that I could speak only a word or two of Malay, without doubt a more agreeable language than that harsh and unintelligible one in which the white officers were bargaining for _barongs_ and _krises_.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

There was something fascinating to Smith in the spectacle: the almost naked Malays, armed with their terrible krises, swarming on every part of the vessel; the Chinamen with pikes, muskets, and stink-balls fighting with the courage of despair to keep the boarders at bay.

Round the World in Seven Days Herbert Strang

Around this thronelike couch were grouped her slaves and attendants, all armed with _barongs_ and _krises_ stuck into their wide sash belts, and attired in many-coloured garments that gave one the impression, both from fit and odour, of being on terms of long and close acquaintance with their wearers.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

Meanwhile the entire male population of the place gathered about us, and we found them in very truth a murderous looking lot, armed to the teeth with _barongs_ and _krises_ and _campilans_, while none of us had any visible means of self-protection.

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel