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Object Number 99-12-00/53764
Display Title Chain armor head piece
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mail, rectangular shape, central pocket
Classification
  • Mail
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 47.8 x 26.3 x 0.5 cm (18 13/16 x 10 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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