Padded Fencing Mask
Item
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Title
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Padded Fencing Mask
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Description
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Fencing mask, likely used for sabre fencing. Leather-reinforced padded rim around the perimeter of the face and cage around the top and sides of the head. Heavily padded interior including along the tongue, sides of the face and ears, cheeks, chin, and forehead. Broad, thick leather bib with additional padding over the throat. Openings for the ears are covered with flaps of thick leather.
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Publisher
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Fencing Arms & Artifacts
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Extent
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Max Height: 42 cm. Max Width: 24.5 cm. Max Depth: 25 cm. Face Mesh Circumferences (Total): Ear to Ear: 58 cm (including padded rim & cage), Chin to Top: 58 cm. Face Mesh Circumferences (Face Only): Forehead to Chin: 31 cm, Temple to Temple: 28.5 cm. Mesh Openings: 5-7 mm. Mesh Wire Thickness: 1.3 mm. Cage Bar Thickness: 4.3 mm. Bib height: 10 cm. Tongue Length: 30 cm. Weight: 1511 g.
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Type
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Fencing mask
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Identifier
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2020.07.009
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Provenance
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Loaned for digitization by an anonymous patron
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Digitized by Benjamin Bowles
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Catalogued by Benjamin Bowles
