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Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
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Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Like armored warriors, horses were usually protected by defenses of steel plate, leather, or reinforced textile. Fluted and engraved shaffrons like this were used throughout the Middle East, notably in Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and the Mamluk Empire in Egypt and Syria.
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Date
0400 - 0699
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)
