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Shield

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Wood leather lacquer gold pigment gesso copper alloy iron, probably Indian; lacquerwork Southeast Asian Thailand or Burma (Myanmar)
Rights: Public Domain
Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of William H. Riggs 1913
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Title: Shield
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Wood leather lacquer gold pigment gesso copper alloy iron, probably Indian; lacquerwork Southeast Asian Thailand or Burma (Myanmar).

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