A RARE PHILIPPINO (MORO) ARMOURED JACKET

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A RARE PHILIPPINO (MORO) ARMOURED JACKET
18TH/19TH CENTURY
MADE OF HORIZONTAL ROWS OF PLATES OF KABAU HORN (SOME DAMAGE) DECORATED WITH APPLIED FORMALISED LEAVES OF ENGRAVED SILVER (SOME DAMAGE AND LOSS) LINKED BY MAIL OF BUTTED COPPER LINKS, OPENING DOWN THE FRONT AND WITH STANDING COLLAR AND SHORT SLEEVES OF MAIL
28IN. (71.1CM.) HIGH
SEE G.C. STONE, A GLOSSARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION, DECORATION AND USE OF ARMS & ARMOR, 1934, FIG. 83

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