Horse-armour / chamfron

Description

Chamfron or horse mask of leather with surface design of brass-headed studs, from the Roman site at Newstead, late 1st century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 74

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Horse-armour / chamfron

Date

Late 1st century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Physical description

Leather

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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