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Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A large metal helmet with a chain on the front and a large head with a shield on the back, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Like armored warriors, horses were usually protected by defenses of steel plate, leather, or reinforced textile. Fluted and engraved shaffrons like this were used throughout the Middle East, notably in Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and the Mamluk Empire in Egypt and Syria.

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arms and armor horse armor iron alloy iron and iron alloy metal shaffrons horse s head defense bequest of george c stone steel equestrian equipment shaffrons mamluk shaffron horse and head defense head defense 14th century high resolution ultra high resolution 3d object horse cavalry metropolitan museum of art medieval art
date_range

Date

1375 - 1525
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Shaffron

Horse's Head Defense.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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https://www.metmuseum.org/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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arms and armor horse armor iron alloy iron and iron alloy metal shaffrons horse s head defense bequest of george c stone steel equestrian equipment shaffrons mamluk shaffron horse and head defense head defense 14th century high resolution ultra high resolution 3d object horse cavalry metropolitan museum of art medieval art