Weapons & armour

<n>Viking bronze amulets</n>, c. 800-1000 AD, found in Ukraine.

Armour by <n>Terry English</n> from the editorial, shot by <n>Sean Ellis</n> for <n>The Face Magazine</n> in 1998.

A detail of the <n>Mannerist</n> style <n>Armour of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau</n>, made in Milan c. 1590-1600.

Details of the <n>Dolphin's Armor</n>, a <n>Renaissance</n> parade armor made for <n>Henry II</n> of France, c. 1540.

A plate depicting <n>ethnological specimens</n> from Benin, West Africa.

<n>American Folk Art</n> antique <n>figural food choppers</n> from a 2014 auction.

Half-armour of <n>Prince Nicolaus 'the Black' Radziwill IV</n> by <n>Kunz Lochner</n>, c. 1555. Photo by <n>Andrew Bossi</n>.

Meat Cleaver (with meat hook) - 3D model by Ole Gunnar Isager ...

<n>Naissance</n> by artist <n>Joseph Angilella Auquier</n>.

Seventh Son Auction – To Arms: Dressing the Armor of a Kingdom

Consecrated sword given to <n>King John III Sobieski</n> by <n>Pope Innocent XI</n> in 1684. Housed at <n>Wawel Royal Castle</n>.

<n>The Confrontation</n>, a 2009 photograph by <n>Passionatte</n>.

<n>Ritual axe for mountaineering priest of Shugen sect</n>, Japan, 14th century.

<n>Italian polearm</n> from the <n>Brescia Castle Armoury</n>.

A 19th-century <n>chastity belt</n> from the collection of the <n>British Museum</n>.

<n>Siberian bear-hunting armor</n>, circa 19th century.