Armored Sleeve (Kote)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a piece of armor labeled as "Armored Sleeve (Kote)" by an unknown artist. The armor piece is made of dark blue fabric and metal. The fabric part is shaped like a sleeve, with a wide, curved top edge and a narrower bottom edge. The top edge has a thin green trim and two small blue ties on either side. The metal part is shaped like a gauntlet, covering the forearm and hand. The metal is dark brown and has a textured, almost chainmail-like pattern. There are several rectangular metal plates on the top portion of the armor piece, arranged in rows. The metal gauntlet has four fingers and a thumb, with a small circular metal piece on the back of the hand. The background of the image is a gradient that transitions from black at the top to gray at the bottom.