Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A part suite of Indo-Persian armour, comprising a helmet (khula khud), single part steel skull, tall spiked finial, sliding nasal bar secured by a turnscrew, mail skirt; a shield (dhal) with brass bound rim and four bosses with lobed bases; and a vambrace (bazu band); each item engraved with spiral bands and panel of foliage inhabited by zoomorphic forms; together with three small rectangular plates with pierced edges retaining some vestiges of mail.