Suit of Armor

Datelate 1700s–early 1800s

Mediumiron, brass, leather, silk, textile, paper, possibly bone, paint and lacquer

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.694

ProvenanceGift to the Museum by Mrs. Sumner Pingree (Boston, MA) from the Weld estate on March 27, 1943. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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Not on view

Collections

The John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Japanese

late 18th–early 19th century

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