Leather Lamellar Armor

Medium

Leather, shellac, gold, pigments

Dimensions

laid out flat, H. 33 5/8 in. (85.4 cm); W. 55 1/2 in. (141 cm)

Classification

Armor for Man

Culture

Eastern Tibetan, probably Kham

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001

Accession Number

2001.268