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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Japan, Room 45, The Toshiba Gallery

Helmet and Neck-Guard

1512 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Traditional helmet made of sixty-two iron plates with upturned flanges. Stencilled leather turnbacks of neck-guard and lacquered small-plates laced with silk braid (neck-guard).


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Iron plates, Gilded copper, Stencilled leather, Silk lacing
Brief description
Helmet and neck guard, iron with stencilled leather and silk braid, Myochin Nobuie, Japan, 1512.
Physical description
Traditional helmet made of sixty-two iron plates with upturned flanges. Stencilled leather turnbacks of neck-guard and lacquered small-plates laced with silk braid (neck-guard).
Dimensions
  • (of helmet bowl approx) height: 16cm
Diameter (of neck guard) 42.5 cm
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.111-1919

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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