A KAWARI KABUTO [EXOTIC HELMET]
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Black-lacquered iron plate helmet forming at the peak into a piece of warabi [edible fern], five-tier lacquered iron Etchu-jikoro [neck guard] with small fuki-gaeshi [turn-backs], the gilt maedate [forecrest] in the form of an abalone shell, and at the back a black and gold lacquered pair of rabbit ears, and an associated menpo (2)
A KAWARI KABUTO [EXOTIC HELMET]
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Black-lacquered iron plate helmet forming at the peak into a piece of warabi [edible fern], five-tier lacquered iron Etchu-jikoro [neck guard] with small fuki-gaeshi [turn-backs], the gilt maedate [forecrest] in the form of an abalone shell, and at the back a black and gold lacquered pair of rabbit ears, and an associated menpo (2)
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