Armored Cavalryman
Unknown Artist
18th–19th century
Medium
Steel, iron, gold, silver, copper alloy, brass, wood, leather, textile, bone, horn, silk, hair, turquoise, lead
Dimensions
as mounted, H. approx. 55 in. (139.7 cm)
Classification
Armor
Culture
Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
36.25.2ii, .25, .351, .476, .583a–d, h–k, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557a, b: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935; 1974.160.10: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973; 1970.164.7a, b: Gift of Mrs. Faïe J. Joyce, 1970; 1997.214.6: Purchase, Rogers Fund and bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1997; 2006.269: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2006
Accession Number
36.25.25,.28,.351,.476,.583,.842,.2174...