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Mail Shirt

Unknown Artist

dated A.H. 1232/1816–17 CE

Mail Shirt by Unknown Artist

Medium

Iron, copper alloys, leather

Dimensions

as mounted, H. approx. 30 in. (76.2 cm); as mounted, W. approx. 21 in. (53.5 cm); laid flat, L. 34 in. (86.3 cm); laid flat, W. 78 3/4 in. (200 cm)

Classification

Mail

Culture

Indian or Iranian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number

36.25.57

Tags

Arabic

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