Shirt of Mail and Plate, 15th–16th century, Iranian or Turkish, Steel, iron, copper alloy, gold, silver, leather, H. 39 1/4 in

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Shirt of Mail and Plate, 15th–16th century, Iranian or Turkish, Steel, iron, copper alloy, gold, silver, leather, H. 39 1/4 in. ( cm); W. at shoulders 19 in. ( cm); L. of metal plate at waist 8 1/2 in. ( cm); W. of metal plate at waist 10 1/2 in. ( cm); Wt. 25 lb. 10 oz. ( kg), Armor for Man, Acording to a Venetian ambassador writing in about 1478, the Ak-Koyunlu (White Sheep Turkoman) wore armor of 'iron in little squares and wrought with gold and silver tacked together with small mail.' Armor of this type seems to have been used throughout eastern Anatolia, Persia, and the Caucasus

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