Each piece has a metal hinge on the inside so that it can be opened and be placed around the leg. Both pieces secure on the outside of the leg with two (2) leather straps and metal buckles. The cuisse also has three (3) sets of metal snap closures. Two (2) leather straps are screwed to the bottom of the back side of the cuisse and to the top of the back side of the greave to connect the pieces tog

  • Por Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014, Fred Nihda, 1931 - 1997, Tiger Haynes, American, 1914 - 1994, Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
  • Crédito: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
  • Derechos: CC0