Cuirass

Medium

Steel, iron, textile (velvet)

Dimensions

Breastplate (a); H. 16 in. (40.6 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 13 oz. (1733 g); backplate (b); H. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 9 oz. (1620 g)

Classification

Armor Parts-Cuirasses

Culture

Indian, Hyderabad

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929

Accession Number

29.158.165a, b