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Object Number 99-12-60/52816
Display Title Breast piece of body armor
Descriptions
Inventory Description Breastplate, lacquered wood and metal shell and skirt, fabric pad at top
Classification
  • Breastplate
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 36 x 14 cm (30 5/16 x 14 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52816
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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