Mounted Suit of Armor fom the Motion Picture <i>Ben-Hur</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: designer
content: Kaufmann, Hermann J.
label: maker
content: Kaufmann, Hermann J.
notes: label: Description
content: Props from the 1926 adventure film <i>Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ</i>. These props include: a bronze and leather torso armor, brass helmet with a red plume, sword and scabbard, and crossed spears. Francis X. Bushman, Ramon Novarro, and May McAvoy starred in this film about a Jewish prince seeking to revenge for his wrongful imprisonment.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: general subject association
content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Religion
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Iva M. Bushman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0564.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0564
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0564.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 in x 39 1/2 in x 8 in; 124.46 cm x 100.33 cm x 20.32 cm