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Source Description
This helmet has an iron "hachi" of thirty-three riveted laminations, a "shikoro" of five plates laced in "kebiki" (spread hair) style with navy blue "ito doshi" laces, and axes as "yokodate" made from whale baleen. A Phoenix ("Ho o") serves as a "maedate;" one tail feather is missing. It is lined with rawhide.
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Document identity
localId
33679
label
Helmet with Phoenix and Battle-Axe Ornaments
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obj
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object
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5
Source metadata
id
33679
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Helmet with Phoenix and Battle-Axe Ornaments
description
This helmet has an iron "hachi" of thirty-three riveted laminations, a "shikoro" of five plates laced in "kebiki" (spread hair) style with navy blue "ito doshi" laces, and axes as "yokodate" made from whale baleen. A Phoenix ("Ho o") serves as a "maedate;" one tail feather is missing. It is lined with rawhide.
provenance
Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, New York, February 10, 1906, no. 257; Henry Walters, Baltimore, February 10, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1825-1875 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kabuto
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
54.8
height
44.5
depth
49
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 21 9/16 x W: 17 1/2 x D: 19 5/16 in. (54.8 x 44.5 x 49 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Myochin
med
iron, lacquer, silk, wood, baleen, rawhide
creator_ids
2222
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
3300
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