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Helmet (Hoshi-Kabuto)

Iyehisa of Nara

17th century

Helmet (Hoshi-Kabuto) by Iyehisa of Nara

Medium

Iron, lacquer, gilt copper, copper-gold alloy (shakūdo), silver, silk, gilt leather

Dimensions

H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); L. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)

Classification

Helmets

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1948

Accession Number

48.63.4

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