Element from a Lacquered Leather Cuirass
Object type: Element from a lacquered leather cuirass
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Yi or Nuosu, China (Yunnan or Sichuan)
Date: 8th–10th century
Medium: Lacquer, leather
Dimensions: L. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Armor for Man
Geography:    Yunnan|Sichuan   
Credit line: Purchase, Bernice and Jerome Zwanger Gift, 2001
Accession year: 2001
Tags: Dragons