Helmet ("Kawari Kabuto") with Conch Shell ("Horagai") Shape

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The helmet bowl ("hachi") is constructed of five plates in the form of a conch shell war trumpet. The gold lacquer interior indicates that the helmet was made for a very high ranking samurai.

Provenance Bunkio Matsuki Sale, 1906, no. 254; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1906

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

18th century (Edo)

Medium

iron, lacquer, leather, and silk
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.620

Measurements

13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View