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Cuirass
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Cuirass

Culture
Datelate 1700s–early 1800s
Mediumsteel
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineMuseum purchase through the Higgins Collection Acquisitions Fund and Eliza S. Paine Fund
Object number2021.69.4
DescriptionPlate metal in four sections surrounding the chest.
On View
Not on view
Breastplate from a Siege Cuirass
Breastplate from a Siege Cuirass
German
1590–1600
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Top (Helmet)
Central Indian
1700s
Breastplate
Breastplate
Indian
1600s
Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.
Breastplate of Miniature Cuirass
Southern German
about 1585–1590
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Mail, Plate and Lamellar Torso Armor
Indian
late 1700s-early 1800s
Saddle Axe (tabarzin)
Saddle Axe (tabarzin)
Northern Indian
early 1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Mail Shirt
Northern Indian
possibly 1700s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Composite Collar, decorated with modern etched borders
Northern Italian
about 1580
Jamadhar (punch dagger)
Jamadhar (punch dagger)
Southern Indian
1600s
Chilanum (dagger)
Chilanum (dagger)
Southern Indian
1600s
Pata (gauntlet sword)
Pata (gauntlet sword)
Southern Indian
late 1500s–1600s
Double-Beaked Zaghnal (warhammer)
Double-Beaked Zaghnal (warhammer)
Northern Indian
1800s