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Spike’s Daily Activity #SpikeDinosAdventures
Welcome to Spike Dino’s daily post for children learning from home.
Armour - Japanese and Knights Armour.
Spike found several set of armour in the Museum’s
collection. He noticed they are all quite different. He has
chosen the Japanese Samurai armour to find out more
about.
Samurai armour looks very ornate. It is constructed from
iron (tetsu) or leather (nerigawa) scales that are joined
together with rivets and macramé cords (odoshi) made
from silk or leather and with chain armour (kusari). This
armour has a face mask that even has features on it. Spike
found the Japanese helmet in the handling collection to
have a closer look at. There is a lot of detail on the helmet
called kabuto, including nostrils and a moustache. It was
often made from up to 100 piece of metal riveted together.
The whole armour was made to be flexible and allow the
person wearing it to move easily in battle. The first Japanese
armour is thought to date back to the 4th century.
There is so much more to learn about Samurai Armour that
Spike couldn’t fit it all in here. What he couldn’t find out at
the Museum he looked for on the internet.
Fun fact; Darth Vaders helmet design in Star Wars was
influenced by samurai helmets!
Spike thinks that meeting a Samurai
soldier would be terrifying—this is
exactly why they were made this way.
Activity; Spike has found a template of
a Samurai soldier for you to colour, cut
out and stick together. Have fun.
Share your pictures tag-
ging @MaidstoneMuseum
and SpikeDinosAdventures
on social media or by
emailing museumeduca-
and we’ll post to Instagram