Armored Cavalryman

Date

18th–19th century

Type

Armored cavalryman

Medium

Steel, iron, gold, silver, copper alloy, brass, wood, leather, textile, bone, horn, silk, hair, turquoise, lead

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

36.25.25,.28,.351,.476,.583,.842,.2174...

Credit

36.25.2ii, .25, .351, .476, .583a–d, h–k, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557a, b: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935; 1974.160.10: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973; 1970.164.7a, b: Gift of Mrs. Faïe J. Joyce, 1970; 1997.214.6: Purchase, Rogers Fund and bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1997; 2006.269: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2006