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Mail Suit of Armor
Image Not Available for Mail Suit of Armor

Mail Suit of Armor

Culture
Datelate 1700s–1800s
Mediumsteel, brass, leather, textile, gold
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineMuseum purchase through the Higgins Collection Acquisitions Fund and Eliza S. Paine Fund
Object number2021.69
DescriptionWeights:
Total 42 lb.
Kulah khud 3 lb.
Shirt: 16 lb.
Pants: 13.5 lb,
Char-aina: 6.5 lb.
Dastana: 1.5 lb. ea.
On View
Not on view
with Demon Mon (2014.694.11)
Dō-maru gusoku (full set of armor for a samurai)
Japanese
Edo Period, early-mid 1700s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Leg-Vise
German
1600s
Jousting Armor for the Tilt, from a Garniture, of Duke Johann Philipp von Weimar (1597-1639)
Jousting Armor for the Tilt, from a Garniture, of Duke Johann Philipp von Weimar (1597-1639)
German
around 1615
with Demon Mon (2014.694.11)
Haidate (thigh armor)
Japanese
Edo Period, early-mid 18th century
with Demon Mon (2014.694.11)
Suneate (armor for the lower leg)
Japanese
Edo Period, early-mid 18th century
with Demon Mon (2014.694.11)
Dō (torso armor)
Japanese
Edo Period, early-mid 18th century
with Demon Mon (2014.694.11)
Mempō (face-guard)
Japanese
Edo Period, early-mid 18th century
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Field Armor, from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herberstein (d. 1621)
Southern German
about 1580, with modern restorations
Higgins Photography
Armor for a Samurai with Mirror Maedate
Japanese
late 1700s–early 1800s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Left Greave and Sabaton frontplate
about 1590–1600
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Right Greave and Sabaton frontplate
about 1590–1600
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Left Greave and Sabaton rearplate
about 1590–1600