The Evolution of Culture, and Other Essays

by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

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41. Two Scales of Egyptian Armour, enlarged. Rawlinson, l. c., fig. iv.

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42. Japanese Armour, composed of chain, plate, and enclosed quilted plates. (a) Left arm; (b) Greaves. (Author’s Coll.)

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43. a. Chinese Suit of Armour, of cotton, having iron scales attached to the inside, b. Iron Helmet of the same suit (Mus. R. U. S. Inst.; presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. R.N.)

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44. A portion of the iron scales attached to the inner side of the above suit.

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45. Breast-piece of ‘Jazerine’ Armour of iron scales, xv-xvi cent.; inner side. (Author’s Coll.) Cf. Grose, Treatise on Ancient Armour (London, 1786), p. 15, ‘Jazerant’: cf. pl. xxxiii. 3; Meyrick. vol. ii. pl. lvi.