Title: Armored Cavalryman
Object type: Armored cavalryman
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese
Medium: Steel, iron, gold, silver, copper alloy, brass, wood, leather, textile, bone, horn, silk, hair, turquoise, lead
Dimensions: as mounted, H. approx. 55 in. (139.7 cm)
Classification: Armor
Credit line: 36.25.2ii, .25, .351, .476, .583a–d, h–k, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557a, b: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935; 1974.160.10: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973; 1970.164.7a, b: Gift of Mrs. Faïe J. Joyce, 1970; 1997.214.6: Purchase, Rogers Fund and bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1997; 2006.269: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2006
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY