Shin guard
A warrior needed armour if he was to survive in battle. The lower legs would have been protected by a pair of greaves (suneate) that were tied onto them using a pair of cords, one at the ankle and one under the knee. This is an example of a splintered shin guard (shino suneate) and includes small sections of mail which were used to span any spaces between the shino.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 127/2000/2
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- E
- Material
- vegetable fibrefabricmetalmetal
- Common Name
- shin guard
- Simple Name
- shin guard
- Production Country
- Japan
