IDENTIFIERS
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id:	18532
accession number:	HEN.M.89-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Burgonet, with associated peak and buffe, of great weight, for seige use. Formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence, a pivoted peak and a separate buffe. The rounded skull is made in two halves joined medially by a riveted overlap that is decorated with a file-roped rib. The top of its face-opening and the lower edge of its integral neck-defence have file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders. Each side of the face-opening is pierced with pairs of holes for the attachment of missing cheek-pieces. The pivoted peak is of light weight and associated.  It has been reworked to match the skull. Its obtusely pointed front edge has a plain inward turn accompanied by a recessed border. The separate buffe is formed of a single medially-ridged plate with an integral neck-defence. It is shaped to the chin, extends upwards to the centre of the brow, and projects as a lateral cusp over each cheek. It is cut with a large rectangular vision-slit and a large rectangular ventilation-slot over the mouth.  Both the vision-slit and the ventilation-slot have file-roped edges bordered by a single incised line. The edge of the integral neck-defence has a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border. Each side of the buffe is pierced with two holes that served to attach it in some way to the helmet.
title:	burgonet

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Mr James Stewart Henderson of  'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.


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
collection:	J.S. Henderson
creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18532





TECHNIQUES
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formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence, a pivoted peak and a separate medially-ridged buffe; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped and incised decoration, and recessed borders
hammered
TECHNIQUES
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patinating
TECHNIQUES
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formed

CATEGORIES
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category: armour

DATING
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creation date:	1620 - 1620
creation date earliest:	1620
creation date latest:	1620
culture:	17th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 31

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 28.8

dimension: Weight
units: kg
value: 7.14

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 22.5