cuirass
- Museum number
- As1921,1029.1
- Description
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Cuirass, body armour, made of leather, lacquer.
Leather cuirass, consisting of a number of plates sewn together, with loose flexible lower border in 6 overlapping layers; lacquer ornament, red, yellow and black.
- Production date
- 1800-1900
- Dimensions
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Height: 62 centimetres
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Weight: 5.26 kilograms
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Width: 48.20 centimetres
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Depth: 24.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Donald La Rocca has written about this type of armour. The Metropolitan Museum in New York has a related example and also a rare helmet acc. no. 2018.81.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/774458?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Yi+helmet&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1
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No indication in Donations Book or Register of how Natural History Museum originally acquired this item.
Description from acquisitions register:
'Leather cuirass, consisting of a number of plates sewn together, with loose flexible lower border in 6 overlapping layers; lacquer ornament, red, yellow and black.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1921,1029.1
