Breast Defense (Peytral) from a Horse Armor

Unknown Artist

15th–17th century

Breast Defense (Peytral) from a Horse Armor by Unknown Artist

Medium

Leather, iron, brass or copper alloy, silver, gold, shellac, pigments, textile, hair (yak)

Dimensions

H. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); W. 25 5/8 in. (65.1 cm)

Classification

Armor for Horse

Culture

Tibetan or Mongolian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, by exchange, 1999

Accession Number

1999.36

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