Portions of a Jousting Half Armor
Unknown Artist
ca. 1500 and later
Medium
Steel, leather
Dimensions
Wt. 48 lb. 13 oz. (22.14 kg); mail sleeve (29.156.67o): L. 27 5/8 in. (70 cm); W. 13 in. (33 mm.); Diam. (outside) of links 13/32 in. (10.5 mm.); Diam. (inside) of links 5/16 in. (7.9 mm); Diam. (outside) of earlier solid links 7/16 in. (10.7 mm); Diam. (inside) of earlier solid links 1/4 in. (6.5 mm); Diam. (outside) of riveted links 13/32 in. (10.5 mm); Diam. (inside) of riveted links 9/32 in. (7.4 mm); mail sleeve (29.156.67p): L. 22 in. (56 cm); W. 13 in. (33 cm); Diam. (outside) of links 13/32 in. (10.7 mm); Diam. (inside) of links 9/32 in. (7.2 mm).
Classification
Armor for Man-1/2 Armor
Culture
German
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929
Accession Number
29.156.67b–g, j–q
Rights
Public Domain