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70 A RARE CAUCASIAN MAIL AND PLATE HEAD-DEFENCE, LATE 17TH CENTURY formed of a dished circular plate pierced at its centre with a single hole for the attachment of a finial, and around its lower edge with numerous smaller holes to which is attached with later wire a deep mail tippet with a face-opening that narrows towards its base, and is formed of small riveted rings of flatsectioned wire (heavily oxidised overall, with some holing and losses at its edges) A similar head-defence is in the Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest. See Gutowski 1997, cat. No. 28, pp. 53 & 92. £500-700 71 TWO SUDANESE SWORDS (KASKARA), 19TH CENTURY the first with earlier fullered European blade, flattened cross-piece, and hide-covered wooden grip; the second with double-edged etched blade, brass cross-piece and hide-bound grip the first: 89.4 cm; 33 ⅜ in blade £200-300
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