Sources for each characters are listed below.
Chiaroscuro, Kanem-Bornu Empire, 1830
Hermann Goedsche, Bodyguard of the Sheikh of Bornu, 1823
Quilted horse armor from Sahel region, 19th century, British Museum
Bornu quilted horse armor and body armor, late 19th century, The Liverpool Museum
Photo of a Bornu mounted warriors in a quilted lifidi armor, Niger, 1920s
Aleksandr Yakovlev, Dessins et Peintures d’Afrique, 1927
Robin Law, The Horse in West African History: The Role of the Horse in the Societies of Pre-Colonial Africa, Africa: Jornal of the International African Institute Vol. 52, No. 1 (1982)
Patricio Renardo, Purepecha, 1479
Fray Jeronimo de Alcala, Relacion de Michoacan, 1539-1541
Ian Heath, Armies of the 16th Century: The armies of the Aztec and Inca Empire, other native peoples of the Americas, and the Conquistadores 1450-1608, 1999
Daniel Parada, Tarascan Postclassic Clothing 1300-1530, 2022