More glue - bah

[PMBardunias]

Not sure of the connection here? As you say, the vase figure depicts an Asiatic in quilted T-and-Y, not a Hoplite.....

There are other early images of asiatics in what appears to be quilting with no yoke, but a simple jacket or vest as would seem to be the simplest and most common way to make armor of quilted fabric. I think it possible that the robust yoke, as opposed to the more narrow shoulder straps sometimes seen, ultimately derive from hoplite armor or some group like the Carians who may have fought in a similar manner.