Antique 13th -14th Century Mongolian Or Tatars Golden Harde lamellar Armor

Antique 13th -14th century Mongolian or Tatars Golden Harde, (اولوغ اولوس‎) fragment of lamellar armor comprising of 94 iron narrow lamellar scales with a slightly convex shape and pierced with holes to be connected by the leather laces. Some of the scaleless still retain their original leather laces.

REFERENCES:

For related Lamellar armor scales, please see:

1.Arms and Armour of the Nomads of the Great Steppe in the Times of the Mongol Expansion (12th to 14th Cents)" by Witold Swietoslawski. Page 118. Plate: VI.

2. "Armii Mongolo-Tatar 10th -14th century" by Gorelik B. Mikhail (Армии монголо-татар X-XIV веков: воинское искусство, снаряжение. Горелик Михаил. В). Page.62.68.

We will provide the buyer with photocopies of the pages from the mentioned references together with a certificate of authenticity.

CONDITION:

It is in good and stable excavated condition. Most of the retained leather laces are corroded, very dry, deteriorated, and fragile.

MEASUREMENTS:

Measurements of the individual scale:

6.5 cm x 2.2 cm (2.56 inches x 0.98 inches).

For group measurement of the lamellar scales, please refer to the last two images in the listing, which include a measuring tape displaying centimeters and inches.

PROVENANCE: This item was obtained from an old Canadian collection of arms and armor.