The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Mustard yellow helmet with a fin on top and a dark brown chainmail corselet, armor covering the trunk of the body. The corselet features flat panels across the chest and in three rows of squares below, connected by chainmail. The chainmail juts out in triangular edges at the shoulders. Two organically-shaped clasps hold either sides of the chest together. The helmet visor tents up at the center, fin and edges outlined with a serrated pattern.

Corselet and Helmet

1800s

Philippines, Mindanao

Brass plates and chain mail
Average: 80.6 cm (31 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss 1916.904
Location: Not on view
  • came from Bacolod, Lake Sanao, Mindanao, Philippines
    (Col. James Webb Cook Hayes [1856–1934], sold to Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss)
    ?–1916
    Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.904