Powerful plates 

Detail of lamellar armour and helmet, about 18th century, XXVIA.106. Royal Armouries, CC BY 4.0

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Lamellar Armour and Helmet (XXVIA.106)

This is an excellent example of the method of constructing lamellar armour, and how it works to protect the wearer. It demonstrates an armour-making technique used across Asia for over a thousand years and is associated in particular with cavalry soldiers such as mounted archers. The rows of carefully laced, overlapping plates create a tough, flexible armour which helps to deflect and absorb the impact of arrows.

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