Lobster-Tail Burgonet (Zischägge)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1630–40

Lobster-Tail Burgonet (Zischägge) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, gold, brass, leather, textile

Dimensions

H. including nasal 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); H. excluding nasal 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm); D. 16 in. (40.6 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 2 oz. (1880 g)

Classification

Helmets

Culture

German

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.511

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