Chain Shirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Dec 1890
label: Collection Date
content: 1866
name: label: Collector
content: Henry M. Stanley
label: Donor Name
content: Col. Samuel F. Tappan
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "Captured of brigands at the village of Chikussauer [sic] in Asia Minor by Henry M. Stanley in 1864 [sic]."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: A 19th C. or earlier Indo-Persian chainmail shirt constructed of butted links of steel and brass. The neck area has a cloth covering to prevent chafing. It has a tag which states "Chain Armor captured of brigands at the village of Chihissauer [sic] in Asia Minor by Henry M. Stanley 1864 [sic], CAT 151674. Deposited by Col. S. F. Tappan"
label: Notes
content: The name of location of collection is listed as Chihissuar and Chihissar in the accesion file, and generally rendered as Chihissar or Chi-Hissar in publications by Henry Morton Stanley; Stanley was there in 1866. See accession file and see also "Henry Morton Stanley's Turkish Adventure" by William Bryant (Evergreen Review No. 118, June 2009, p. 11), http://www.evergreenreview.com/118/11.html.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chihissuar (Chihissar), Turkey (Türkiye)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023839
label: USNM Number
content: E151674-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor