Helmet Case Raised Gold Lacquer, Tycoons
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1891
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. Horace Capron
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: ""Old Tykoon's Helmet case, on which is emblazoned his crest." Quote from Gen. Capron's Collection of Japanese Works of Art. p. 28. (In file "Japan")."
label: Notes
content: Note: In the Edo Period of Japan, the word Taikun was used as a diplomatic title designating the Shogun of Japan in relations with foreign countries, as an attempt to convey that the shogun was more important than the Japanese Emperor. A modified version of this word appears in English as "tycoon".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jun 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010972
label: USNM Number
content: E95461-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Helmet Case