Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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This installation presents approximately forty highlights from the Museum’s extensive permanent collection of rare and exquisitely decorated armor, weapons, and equestrian equipment from Tibet and related areas of Mongolia and China, dating from the eighth to the twentieth century. Included are several recent acquisitions that have never before been exhibited or published.
[Image: Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese cavalry armor (18th-19th century) Iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile]
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Schedule
from December 13, 2007 to April 29, 2012