Sudan armor
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Sudan armor |
| Use: | armor |
| Working time: | still in the 20th century |
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Sudan , ethnic groups from Sudan, Persia and the Ottoman Empire |
| Distribution: | Sudan |
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The Sudanese armor was a protective weapon from Sudan .
description
The Sudanese armor is made of steel , it is chain armor and worked like a shirt. The armor runs to below the knee joints and protects the chest, back and arms. It is slit in the front and back below the hips for more comfortable riding. Round silver plaques adorned with the seal of Solomon are incorporated on the chest and shoulders . The neckline is padded with leather. The matching helmetis half-round and has an adjustable nose splint that can be pushed up in front of the face or up to the helmet as required. A thick, quilted helmet cap is worn under the helmet, which hangs down to the shoulders. These armors are mostly of Turkish or Persian origin and were used until the 20th century. The specimen described here was taken from a follower of the Mahdi after the Battle of Omdurman .
literature
- Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christine Mullen Kreamer: Crowning achievements: African arts of dressing the head. Publisher Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995, ISBN 978-0-930741-42-6 , page 33.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (reprint), page 69.