A MORO SUIT OF ARMOUR
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, 19TH CENTURY
A MORO SUIT OF ARMOUR MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, 19TH CENTURY Consisting of thirty plates of body armour attached together with large chainmail rings, arms and lower mid-section with smaller size ringed chainmail, front main breastplates with applied engraved silver decorative panels in floral shapes and three quatrefoils with swirling terminals along join between two breastplates, two matching latches with protruding studs to bind breastplates together, missing some decorative studs but otherwise in good condition Breastplates 11 x 11¾in. (28 x 30cm.); Overall size 25½ x 19½in. (64.8 x 49.5cm.)
A MORO SUIT OF ARMOUR
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, 19TH CENTURY
A MORO SUIT OF ARMOUR MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, 19TH CENTURY Consisting of thirty plates of body armour attached together with large chainmail rings, arms and lower mid-section with smaller size ringed chainmail, front main breastplates with applied engraved silver decorative panels in floral shapes and three quatrefoils with swirling terminals along join between two breastplates, two matching latches with protruding studs to bind breastplates together, missing some decorative studs but otherwise in good condition Breastplates 11 x 11¾in. (28 x 30cm.); Overall size 25½ x 19½in. (64.8 x 49.5cm.)
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