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Fish scale body armor, velvet covered and gold ornamented. Sikh?
Fish scale body armor, velvet covered and gold ornamented. Sikh?
Object Number 99-12-60/52848.2
Display Title Fish scale body armor, velvet covered and gold ornamented. Sikh?
Descriptions
Object Description Fish scale body armor, velvet covered and gold ornament
Inventory Description Jacket and skirt?, red cloth, with gold rivet designs, metal plates, torn
Classification
  • Armor
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Indian
  • Sikh?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India
Materials Cloth, Dye, Metal, Gold, Velvet
Dimensions Overall: 55 x 108.5 x 19.4 cm (21 5/8 x 42 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52848
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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