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Helmet

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hemispherical helmet bowl made from a single piece of rough steel with a rectangular brow reinforced with a gilt cusped edge. Decorated with a dorje finial. The rim pierced for the attachment of fabric lappets, steel brass, Bhutan


Object details

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Brief description
Hemispherical helmet bowl made from a single piece of rough steel with a rectangular brow reinforced with a gilt cusped edge. Decorated with a dorje finial. The rim pierced for the attachment of fabric lappets, steel brass, Bhutan
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 94, Cat. No. 227
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.94
Other numbers
  • 227 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 7,319-1867 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
2925(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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