Armor Fragments of Scales from a Cuirass

Medium

Iron

Dimensions

largest fragment: L. 5 in. (12.7 cm); W. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); smallest fragment: L. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Classification

Armor Parts

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bashford Dean, by exchange, 1906

Accession Number

06.310.4a–k