African cuirass?

[colin henshaw]

Originally Posted by fernando

For quite a while i wonder whether the large skin cracks on Panoleon example already existed before it was riveted to the iron piece or it simply kept drying on its new host and its splitting went on taking place through time.
Any suggestions, Gentlemen ?

Most likely just due to drying out over a long period of time as the skin could not shrink naturally due to being riveted to a metal plate.