Vietnamese wooden shield
Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.
Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
Early Indian shield
Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss
Chinese tiger shield
A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.
Suneate with Dutch leather
A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".
Golden kabuto with iron menpo
A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.
Signed Chinese rattan shield
This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.
Ottoman Kurdish kalkan
A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.
Three Tibetan armor mirrors
Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.
Japanese steel plate
Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.
Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors
Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.
An unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.
A Punjabi arm guard
Made of steel, decorated with fine gold overlay in a pattern of swastikas.
Kusari katabira zukin
Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.
Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire
With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.
Chinese téngpái
The famous tiger faced rattan shield as used by Chinese skirmishers.
17th century armored vest
An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.
Indian signed dhal from Gujarat
An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.
Tibetan helmet with armor
Description
Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet with four inner plate
Vietnamese rattan shield
Called khiên in Vietnamese.
