Eight-Plate Helmet

Medium

Iron, copper alloy, leather

Dimensions

H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); D. 9 in. (22.9 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4.5 oz. (1034.8 g)

Classification

Helmets

Culture

possibly Tibetan

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2002

Accession Number

2002.226