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Mail Collar
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Mail Collar

Datepossibly 1800s, with earlier components
Mediumiron and brass
Dimensions27 × 36 cm (10 5/8 × 14 3/16 in.), 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.856
DescriptionFine mail of riveted alternating with punched links, with brass links interspersed in "Ganga-Jamni" effect. Shape is asymmetric. Mail on 3 triangular points joined to main strip by brass links. Fragment of modern fabric stitched to links at one end.

Brass rings possibly modern, or at least more recent than the iron mail. Appears to have been modified at some point.
ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Northern Indian
about 1750–1825
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Ottoman
1600s-1700s
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Nuremberg
early 1500s, modified into 1800s
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Persian
1600s-1800s
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Indian
probably 1800s
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Indian
possibly 1600s