Elephant armour from India. 17th century. Composed of 5,840 plates, weighing 118kg, it’s l

Elephant armour from India. 17th century. Composed of 5,840 plates, weighing 118kg, it’s largest animal armour in the world. This fabulous 17th century armour is composed of 5,840 plates and weighs 118kg, some plates are missing and originally the total number would be 8,439 and weigh 159kg! The tusk swords that accompany this armour (not on display) weigh in at 10kg.It is the only animal armour of this scale on public display and recently entered the Guinness Book of Records as the largest animal armour in the world. -- source link
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