Samurai Armor: Body Armor "Do"
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Gen. Walter L. Wieble
notes: label: Notes
content: CUIRASS CONSISTING OF FIVE LACQUERED PANELS, PAINTED GOLD, HINGED TOGETHER WITH LONG BRASS PINS. PANELS HAVE HORIZONTAL INDENTATIONS ON SURFACE GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF SEPARATE PLATES (YOKO-HAGI-DO STYLE). BACK PADDING OF CLOTH, BROWN AND GREEN, EXTENDING UP THE SHOULDERS. BLUE LACINGS. SEVEN REMOVABLE TASSETS ("KUSAZURI"), BLUE-LACED, EACH WITH 5 LAMES, FASTENED TOGETHER IN 2 GROUPS OF 3 AND 4 BY UPPER LEATHER BANDS. TASSETS ATTACH TO MAIN BODY BY FITTING ON KNOBBED PROJECTIONS. LONG SOCKET ATTACHES TO BACK OF DO TO HOLD MILITARY BANNER. FAMILY CREST (MON) OF DAIMYO OF KASAMA ON UPPER FRONT BODY PIECE AND ON LOWER LAME OF EACH TASSET.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E422060D-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor