Helmet (<i>Hoshi Kabuto</i>)

Medium

Iron, lacquer, leather, silk, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)

Dimensions

H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 3 oz. (3120 g)

Classification

Helmets

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914

Accession Number

14.100.44