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Kabuto (helmet) with large characters
1550
Iron, lacquer, heavy cloth, gilt
Iron hachi and mabisashi, former with six plates fitted into a ribbed frame with a large character in each section. Kikuza of copper-gilt, crest-hook on front. Shikoro of six plates and fukigaeshi of lacquer on heavy cloth. Red lacquer under mabisashi badly damaged.
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Provenance
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Acquired at Bunkio Matsuki sale, no. 270, 1906 ($25.00)
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 11 in. (28 cm)
Credit Line
MATSUKI SALE($25.00?)
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.
51.604