BALI ISLAND, Indonesia. Wood, old polychromy. Ancient Kriss handle with the image of a divinity. The kriss or keris is a dagger that symbolises the physical and social double of its owner. When its owner died, it was passed on to his successor and became part of the family treasury. It thus formed part of the ancestor cult. First third of the 20th century. Height: 36 cm. Provenance: Former Professor Kropholler family collection, Hamburg, circa 1920.