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Pair of Leg Defenses (Greaves)
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Steel iron silver gold tin leather, Turkish Istanbul (?)
Rights: Public Domain
Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Left: Rogers Fund 1990; right: Bequest of George C. Stone 1935
Title: Pair of Leg Defenses (Greaves)
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Steel iron silver gold tin leather, Turkish Istanbul (?).
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