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    "localId": "34572",
    "label": "Shaffron",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1368"
}

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    "id": "34572",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1368",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Shaffron",
    "description": "Horses also needed protection from the enemy's weapons. By the mid-1400s, armorers had devised a near-complete set of armor to protect the steed in battle. Together these formed a bard. The head was covered by a shaffron (from chanfrein, French for the part of a horse's head from the ears to the nostrils). Attached side plates covered the horse's cheeks. The neck was covered by a crinet, the sides by flanchards, and the hindquarters by a crupper. The peytral covered the front of the horse's chest and sides around to the saddle. The legs were left free for easy movement.",
    "provenance": "Baron de Cosson;  Sir Edward Barry, bart., Ockswell Manor [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Barry Sale, Sotheby, London, July 5, 1965, lot 32;  Walters Art Museum, 1965, by purchase.",
    "date": "1500-1550 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1368",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "shaffrons"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 56,
            "height": 25.2,
            "depth": 25
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "22 1/16 x 9 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (56 x 25.2 x 25 cm)"
}

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    "med": "steel, iron, leather, (copper alloy in modern restored areas)",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BAR",
        "ARM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1994"
    ]
}

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