IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162556
accession number:	TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS22

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 15 December 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Hemispherical steel skull with a top spike, a long curved nasal with lotus bud finials at top and quatrefoil at the bottom, attached by a staple and wing screw. There are two plume tubes. The skull is decorated with chiselled and gilt hunting scenes in which riders with spears, bows and swords slay a variety of wildlife. Around the base are calligraphic medallions in nastaliq. A mail aventail, formed of butted mail, is attached, formed of a fringe at the front, four deep and four shallow dags at the sides and rear. The mail is extensively damaged. The skull is lined with red cotton edged with green and white tape.
title:	helmet

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162556





CATEGORIES
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category: armour
category: Persian armour

DATING
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creation date:	1886 - 1887
creation date earliest:	1886
creation date latest:	1887


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: mm
value: 225

dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 610

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1330

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 210