Not on display

Body Armour

early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lahore (made)

Pair of trousers composed of riveted steel links with a padded crimson silk waistband.

Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Body armour
Materials and techniques
Riveted steel with crimson silk
Brief description
Pair of Mail trousers of riveted steel links, with a padded, crimson silk waistband, presented by Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh, Lahore, early 19th century.
Physical description
Pair of trousers composed of riveted steel links with a padded crimson silk waistband.
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 145, Cat. No. 765
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.145
Other numbers
  • 765 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8600-'50 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3384(IS)

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2003
Record URL
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