Body armor

Museum number:
9-21888
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-82 (previous number) and T-82 (original number)
Description:
Two convex iron disks 7 3/4 inches in diameter, 3/4 inch deep and two convex iron disks 6 3/4 inches in diameter, 3/4 inch deep. They are joined together by leather straps with steel buckles. These appear to be some type of decorative body armor.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.685 centimeters, depth 1.905 centimeters, diameter 17.145 centimeters, and depth 1.905 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Body armor, accession number 9-21888, described as Two convex iron disks 7 3/4 inches in diameter, 3/4 inch deep and two convex iron disks 6 3/4 inches in diameter, 3/4 inch deep. They are joined together by leather straps with steel buckles. These appear to be some type of decorative body armor.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Body armor, accession number 9-21888, described as Two convex iron disks 7 3/4 inches in diameter, 3/4 inch deep and two convex iron disks 6 3/4 inches in diameter, 3/4 inch deep. They are joined together by leather straps with steel buckles. These appear to be some type of decorative body armor.

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