formed of a deep plate front and rear, each decorated at its upper and lateral edges with a pair of incised lines, the two plates joined at the left by a pivoting-rivet, fastened to one another at the right by a stud and keyhole-slot, and fitted at each side with a later buckle, the lowest front plate lightly incised at its centre with a rectangle (the upper two lames front and back missing), 10.5 cm

Provenance

Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent

Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.