Cuirass of the Yi People, China, ~1900 AD

I like the idea that this is the cuirass of the Yi people. It was kind of a busy time, and they only ever got around to making the one.

I wonder what the main material was. Kinda looks like lacquered leather in places…

There was nothing in my brain that could stop the voice of Jack Black in the form of a panda from bellowing our in sheer exultation, “With authentic battle damage!”