Qing military rattan shield production
Translation of a page from Qing regulations that describes the production of the Qing military rattan shield.
Sipar (سپر/सीपर)
Persian word for shield.
Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)
North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.
Vietnamese wooden shield
Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.
Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
Early Indian shield
Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss
Chinese tiger shield
A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.
Suneate with Dutch leather
A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".
Golden kabuto with iron menpo
A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.
Signed Chinese rattan shield
This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.
Ottoman Kurdish kalkan
A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.
Three Tibetan armor mirrors
Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.
Japanese steel plate
Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.
Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors
Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.
An unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.
Ḍhāl (ढाल)
Hindi word for shield.
Dastānā (दस्ताने)
Hindi word for a type of arm protection.
Bāzuband (بازوبند)
Persian word for a piece of lower arm protection.
A Punjabi arm guard
Made of steel, decorated with fine gold overlay in a pattern of swastikas.
Kusari zukin (鎖頭巾)
Japanese name for the hood of a mail armor set.
Kusari katabira (鎖帷子)
Japanese name for a jacket of mail armor.
Kusari gusoku (鎖具足)
Japanese word for mail armor.
Kusari (鎖)
Japanese word for "chain", also used to describe mail armor.
Kusari katabira zukin
Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.
Kuī (盔)
Chinese word for helmet.
Ganga-Jamni
Name for Indian work in two metals of contrasting colors, usually silver and gold.
Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire
With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.
Téngpái (藤牌)
The Chinese rattan shield
Chinese téngpái
The famous tiger faced rattan shield as used by Chinese skirmishers.
Sēn shèng (森盛)
A Chinese rattan shield maker from Shanghai.
Khiên (盾)
The Vietnamese word for a circular shield of rattan, much like the téngpái (藤牌) of China.
17th century armored vest
An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.
Indian signed dhal from Gujarat
An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.
Jianruiying (2); weapons and equipment
The Jianruiying was an elite division of the Qing dynasty military consisting of crack troops that were specially tra
Tibetan helmet with armor
Description
Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet with four inner plate
Jianruiying (1); introduction
The Jianruiying were a small elite unit of specially selected Manchu soldiers under the Qing dynasty. They were trained to overcome rough terrain, obstacles, and rivers in order to commence special attacks towards fortifications. In some ways, they are comparable to today's special forces.
Vietnamese rattan shield
Called khiên in Vietnamese.
Qing Bannerman's helmet
Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.
Making a Chinese rattan shield
Ever since I acquired an antique Chinese tengpai (籐牌) or "rattan shield" I had been want