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  2. Chinese armour - Wikipedia

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    Chinese armour was predominantly lamellar from the Warring States period (481 BC–221 BC) onward, prior to which animal parts such as rhinoceros hide, rawhide, and turtle shells were used for protection. Lamellar armour was supplemented by scale armour since the Warring States period or earlier. Partial plate armour was popular from the ...

  3. Leather - Wikipedia

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    Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffalo, pigs and hogs, and aquatic animals such as seals and alligators. [1] [2]

  4. Lamellar armour - Wikipedia

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    Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather ( rawhide ), bone, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armour was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia, Eastern Asia (especially in China, Japan, Mongolia, and Tibet ), Western Asia, and ...

  5. Areni-1 shoe - Wikipedia

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    The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. [1] It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers. The discovery was made by an international team led by ...

  6. Leather production processes - Wikipedia

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    drying - the leather is dried to various moisture levels (commonly 14-25%). conditioning - water is added to the leather to a level of 18-28%. softening - physical softening of the leather by separating the leather fibres. buffing - abrasion of the surfaces of the leather to reduce nap or grain defects.

  7. Anklet - Wikipedia

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    Anklet. An anklet, also called ankle chain, ankle bracelet or ankle string, is an ornament worn around the ankle. [1] Ancient egyptian women were the first to were anklets according to history. Barefoot anklets and toe rings and also have been worn by girls and women in Indus Valley, in South Asia where it is commonly known as pattilu, payal ...

  8. Asian Saga - Wikipedia

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    Asian Saga. The Asian Saga is a series of six novels written by James Clavell between 1962 and 1993. The novels all centre on Europeans in Asia, and together explore the impact on East and West of the meeting of these two distinct civilizations.

  9. Bonia (fashion) - Wikipedia

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    MYR 45 million (2011) Number of employees. 833 [1] Website. bonia .com. Bonia Corporation Berhad ( MYX: 9288) is an international luxury fashion retailer based in Malaysia which has more than 700 sales outlets across Asia. [2] It markets footwear, leatherwear and accessories. It is also involved in other manufacturing businesses.

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