Samurai Armor: Thigh Armor "Haidate"
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Gen. Walter L. Wieble
notes: label: Notes
content: APRON-SHAPED PIECE OF GREY CLOTH, SPLIT DOWN CENTER FRONT. THE LOWER FRONT SURFACE OF EACH HALF IS COVERED WITH 5 ROWS OF LACQUERED RECTANGULAR LEATHER PIECES ("KAWARA") 10 PIECES PER ROW. THE ARMORED SECTIONS ON EACH LEG ARE PAINTED GOLD, WITH A LARGE RED CIRCLE IN THE CENTER. SLITS IN TOP CLOTH SECTION AND TWO UPPER SECTIONING BANDS ARE OF LEATHER. WAIST-BAND AND TIE ARE OF SILK (BLUE).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kasama, Honshu / Hitachi Province, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353026
label: USNM Number
content: E422060G-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 65 cm