Shirt of Mail and Plate of Al-Ashraf Sayf ad-Din Qaitbay (ca. 1416/18–1496), 18th Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt

Medium

Steel, iron, copper alloy, gold

Dimensions

H. 31 in. (78.7 cm); W. 54 1/2 in. (138.4 cm); Wt. 25 lb. 2.4 oz. (11.41 kg)

Classification

Mail

Culture

probably Egyptian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, and Rogers, Acquisitions and Fletcher Funds, 2016

Accession Number

2016.99