Fabric Armor and Helmet with Buddhist and Taoist symbols

Medium

Cotton, hemp, copper alloy, iron

Dimensions

H. as mounted with helmet 47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm); W. as mounted with helmet 22 in. (55.9 cm); H. of armor as mounted 33 1/16 in. (84 cm); W. of armor as mounted 22 1/16 in. (56 cm); D. of armor as mounted 13 in. (33 cm); Wt. 18 lb. 14 oz. (8575 g); H. of helmet 16 1/2 in. (42 cm); W. of helmet 11 13/16 in. (30 cm); D. of helmet 13 in. (33 cm); Wt. of helmet 4 lb. 2 oz. (1869 g); Wt. of torso 13 ob. 11 oz. (6207 g); Wt. of belt 1 lb. 1 oz. (499 g)

Classification

Armor for Horse and Man

Culture

Korean

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number

36.25.10a–c

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