Cuirass (Char-aina)

Medium

Steel, gold, textile

Dimensions

of breastplate H. 13 in. (33 cm); of backplate H. 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm); of sides H. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm); of whole cuirass W. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm); of whole cuirass D. 9 1/2 in. (24 cm); of whole cuirass Wt. 7 lb. (3163 g)

Classification

Armor Parts-Cuirasses

Culture

Indian or Iranian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1948

Accession Number

48.92.1

Rights

Public Domain

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