Studded Kabuto Helmet with Encircled Water Well Mon Crests and Wish-Granting Gem Forehead Ornament

School of Saotome

Edo period (1615-1868), about 1650

  • Titles Studded Kabuto Helmet with Encircled Water Well Mon Crests and Wish-Granting Gem Forehead Ornament (Descriptive)@Helmet (Kabuto) (Former title)
  • Artist School of Saotome, Japan
  • Medium iron, leather, lacquer and silk
  • Dimensions helmet: 11 x 13 3/4 x 13 in. (27.9 x 34.9 x 33 cm) with mount: 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 13 in. (45.1 x 34.9 x 33 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase in memory of William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), 2016.19
  • Work Type helmet
  • Classification Costume
  • On View

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