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Armored Cavalryman

Unattributed · 18th–19th century

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Recorded facts

Date

18th–19th century

Medium

Steel, iron, gold, silver, copper alloy, brass, wood, leather, textile, bone, horn, silk, hair, turquoise, lead

Dimensions

as mounted, H. approx. 55 in. (139.7 cm)

Classification

Armor

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture / origin

Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese

Credit line

36.25.2ii, .25, .351, .476, .583a–d, h–k, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557a, b: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935; 1974.160.10: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973; 1970.164.7a, b: Gift of Mrs. Faïe J. Joyce, 1970; 1997.214.6: Purchase, Rogers Fund and bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1997; 2006.269: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2006

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