IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162557
accession number:	TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS23

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 16 March 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Of steel for the left arm, comprising a gutter-shaped plate rounded at the elbow, chased and detailed in gold koftgari with four riders, hunting lion with a spear, shooting hare with a bow, shooting with a bow, and brandishing a shamshir in the direction of a frightened rabbit, all within a border of gilt arabesques. There are two wrist plates joined by butted mail and decorated with silvered scrolling foliage. Lined with pink cotton and bordered with chevronny black and yellow tape. The hand defence is of butted mail over thin leather with a red fabric lining. There are no functional buckles or strap loops on this piece so it cannot even be worn.
title:	Arm defence

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162557





CATEGORIES
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category: armour
category: Persian armour

DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1899


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 480

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 300