There were vambraces, pauldrons, cuirasses, leather helmets. Visayan chainmail and cuirasses were called barote&colon; quilted or corded body armor. However, legionaries often wore chain-mail and scalar cuirasses also. "Auxilia" are generally shown wearing mail, cuirasses, and carrying oval shields. The armoury preserves a collection of historical plate armour (cuirasses or half-armour). Cuirasses and helmets were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century CE. Cuirasses and helmets were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century. Samurai armor (and cuirasses) were last used in 1877 during the Satsuma rebellion. The Pontifical Swiss Guard still wear cuirasses for swearing in ceremonies, Christmas and Easter. Later cuirasses and plates were also used. Symbolic arrangements this elaborate never appear on Greek cuirasses. Laminar cuirasses were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century. The cuirasses are handmade, and the production of a single piece takes about 120 hours. The cuirasses were cast in two pieces, the front and the back, then hammered. Cuirasses were manufactured in Japan as early as the 4th century.