Cuirass (Dou or Dō) and Fauld (Kusazuri), from an Eleven Piece Suit of Armor
Unknown, Japanese, Japanese
Late Edo Period (about 1789-1868)
Iron, silk, cotton, leather, lacquer, bone, and paint
Overall: 29 15/16 in. (76 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Reverend James Horace Pettee, Class of 1873
19.1.4095.1
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Exhibition History
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Provenance
Collected by Reverend James Horace Pettee, (1851-1920), Class of 1873, Auburndale, Massachusetts, Congregational Missionary in Japan, 1899; given to present collection, 1919.
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