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Helmet (kawari kabuto) with flower bud shape, maybe Camellia
last quarter 16th century (Momoyama)
Iron, lacquer
Iron hachi of four plates, in the shape of a flower bud, with strips over jointures on outsides with pointed rivets. Mabisashi lacquered a deep red. Four-petalled kikuza, no hachimanza.
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Provenance
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Acquired at Bunkio Matsuki sale, no. 172, 1906
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.626