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Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense), Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Like armored warriors, horses were usually protected by defenses of steel plate, leather, or reinforced textile. Fluted and engraved shaffrons like this were used throughout the Middle East, notably in Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and the Mamluk Empire in Egypt and Syria.

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arms and armor horse armor iron alloy iron and iron alloy metal shaffrons steel asia iran horse s head defense bequest of george c stone equestrian equipment shaffrons iranian shaffron horse and head defense head defense 14th century high resolution ultra high resolution 3d object metropolitan museum of art medieval art
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1450 - 1550
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Horse's Head Defense.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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arms and armor horse armor iron alloy iron and iron alloy metal shaffrons steel asia iran horse s head defense bequest of george c stone equestrian equipment shaffrons iranian shaffron horse and head defense head defense 14th century high resolution ultra high resolution 3d object metropolitan museum of art medieval art