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Kabuto (helmet)
1500 (Muromachi)
Iron, copper, lacquer, gold, cloth
Iron hachi and mabisashi, former of eight riveted plates with ridges at jointures(?). Copper kikuza. Crest slot on front, ring on back. Lined with gilded cloth. Shikoro of five copper plates. Lacquered fukigaeshi with clusters of of gold circles.
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Provenance
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Acquired at Bunkio Matsuki sale, 1906
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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51.603