page_title: Horned helmet
section_title: In Asia
hierarchical_section_title: Horned helmet / In Asia
caption_attribution_description: "Samurai: Art of War" exibition (Выставка "Самураи: Art of War")
context_page_description: Horned helmets were worn by many people around the world. Headpieces mounted with animal horns or replicas were also worn, as in the Mesolithic Star Carr. These were probably used for religious ceremonial or ritual purposes. Horns tend to be impractical on a combat helmet. Much of the evidence for these helmets and headpieces comes from depictions rather than the items themselves.
context_section_description: In pre-Meiji Restoration Japan, some Samurai armor incorporated a horned, plumed or crested helmet. These horns, used to identify military commanders on the battlefield, could be cast from metal, or made from genuine water buffalo horns.
  Indo-Persian warriors often wore horned or spiked helmets in battle to intimidate their enemies. These conical "devil masks" were made from plated mail, and usually had eyes engraved on them.
caption: Japanese kabuto with buffalo horns.
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