Helmet "kabuto" ·  Japan · ID: 3039599

Description

iron, reddish brown lacquer, textile, helmet bell made from six steel slats, with five-parted neck guard “shikoro”, the individual lamellas fixed with blue ribbons, “hachimanza” (opening in the top) enclosed by three concentrical floral rosettes from brass, the emblem “maedate” usually attached to the front of the helmet missing, just the iron fitting preserved, lining with cotton cloth with leather edging, chinstrap from cloth tubes, slightly dam., lacquer with fine cracks and peeled off in parts, small traces of corrosion, lining torn and damaged in parts

The object Helmet “kabuto” with the object ID 3039599 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 50.

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