Name: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access
Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Arms & ArmorEquestrian Equipment-Shaffronsearly 16th century

Artwork Details

Title	Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Medium	Steel, copper alloy
Dimensions	H. 20 in. (50.8 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 11 oz. (735 g)
Classification	Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons
Department	Arms & Armor
Date	early 16th century
Credit Line	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Culture	Turkish or Iranian
Date Range	1501 – 1550

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 24257