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Source Description
By the mid-1500s, improvements in firearms resulted in a great demand for bulletproof armor, but making the steel thicker added a lot of weight-this helmet weighs 12 lbs 7.8 oz.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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21247
label
Bulletproof Close Helmet
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object
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Source metadata
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21247
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object
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normalized
title
Bulletproof Close Helmet
description
By the mid-1500s, improvements in firearms resulted in a great demand for bulletproof armor, but making the steel thicker added a lot of weight-this helmet weighs 12 lbs 7.8 oz.
provenance
Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 14, 1921, no. 296; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1570 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
helmets
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1
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1
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import
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12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
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med
steel
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6229
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BAR
ARM
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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