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Pair of Thigh and Knee Defenses

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Pair of Thigh and Knee Defenses

Date: 15th century
Type: Pair of thigh and knee defenses
Medium: Steel, iron, copper alloy, silver, leather
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Iranian or Turkish
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 36.25.55a, b
Credit: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

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