Umbrella
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An umbrella is a hand tool that is used to stop rain from falling on a person. It is also used to make shade and protect people from sunlight. An umbrella made for protection from the sunlight is called a parasol. And a plastic umbrella is cheap but it is fragile.
Umbrella Media
Bas-relief of the Persian king Xerxes I (485–465 BC) at Persepolis
A Terracotta Army carriage with an umbrella securely fixed to the side, from Qin Shihuang's tomb, c. 210 BC
Woman holding an umbrella Gupta Empire AD 320
Etruscan drinking cup from Chiusi, Italy, 350–300 BC
Madonna dell'Ombrello, by Girolamo dai Libri, 1530
Marchesa Elena Grimaldi, by Anthony van Dyck, 1623
A stream of people and umbrellas inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace on a rainy autumn day