Horse-armour/ chamfron/ replica

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Horse-armour/ chamfron/ replica

Entry/Object ID

X.1997.272

Description

Replica of leather chamfron, horse's headpiece with globular bronze eye-guards, from the Roman site at Newstead, late 1st century

Use

The purpose of this replica is to show what the original horse chamfron found at Trimontium would have looked like in antiquity.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Replica

Acquisition

Accession

X.1997.272

Made/Created

Time Period

Late 1st century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Armor, Horse

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tack, Animal

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

replicas

Material

Leather, Bronze

Color

Brown, Bronze

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland Weblink to object