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Helmet: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS26

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

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Description

Hemispherical steel skull with a top spike, a long curved nasal with lotus bud finials at top and bottom, attached by a staple missing its wing screw. One plume tube survives on the left, that at the right missing. The skull is decorated with etched spiral bands alternately of calligraphy and wildlife in foliage, and a calligraphic band round the brow. 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.

Identification numbers

Accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS26
Primary reference Number: 162560
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 10 March 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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