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S4E2 Decoding Arms and Armour with Arthur Bijl
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Asia House Arts and Learning
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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Join Arthur Bijl, Hutton McRoberts Assistant Curator of Ottoman, Middle Eastern and Asian Arms and Armour at The Wallace Collection for a fascinating conversation about the social history of arms and armour. Discover how what we think of as 'weapons' today were once also fashion statements, works of art, and status symbols in the pre-modern age.