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The modern Navajo people and Hopi developed a form of bracer known as a ketoh, which can be decorated with silver, turquoise, and other adornments, possibly from earlier examples made of bone. [2] Ketohs usually have a central motif, sometimes with a stone ornament, and four curvilinear shapes that radiate toward the corners.
The metal strips were about 25 to 30 mm wide and 0.35 to 0.5 mm in thickness; they were longer at the top of the arm and most examples had some form of rectangular or semicircular spaulder. Each strip had holes at its lower edge, through which flat-headed copper alloy rivets passed from the inside to hold the leather straps in place.
German King Günther von Schwarzburg with splinted bracers and greaves. Splint armour (also splinted armour, splint armor, or splinted armor) is armour consisting of strips of metal ("splints") attached to a cloth or leather backing. It is most commonly found as limb armour such as greaves or vambraces.
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Stone wrist-guard with gold studs from Barnack, in the British Museum Replica of slate stone wrist-guard as it most probably was NOT worn.. Early Bronze Age stone wrist-guards are found across Europe from around 2400-1900 BC and are closely associated with the Beaker culture and Únětice culture.
A left-arm vambrace; the bend would be placed at the knight's elbow An ornate German (16th century) vambrace made for Costume Armor. Vambraces (French: avant-bras, sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour that were often connected to gauntlets.
Rather than giving onboard talks or performances, Reeves and Eclair, along with celebrity photographer Scarlet Page, have been appointed as Fred Olsen’s so-called “Moments Crew.”
Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images. Parents: Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego Saldana After having twins Cy Adorio and Bowie Ezio, the Guardians of the Galaxy star and her husband welcomed a third son, Zen ...