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METPublic domain
Arm Guard (Dastana)
- Date
- 18th century
- Type
- Arm guard (Dastana)
- Medium
- Steel, gold, textile (velvet), textile (silk), textile (linen), copper alloy
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Culture
- Indian
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object number
- 36.25.399
- Credit
- Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
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