Samurai Helmet (Kabuto)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Jul 2014
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of the Marine Corps
notes: label: Notes
content: 4 parts: Helmet and 3 brass fittings (maedate). Associated box and leather cover are catalog number E433499. Heavy metal (brass?) helmet, with brass trim. Top fixture (tehen kanamono) of brass and copper, with hole in center. Brass plate along visor with floral pattern, has 3 slots for the (detached) long pointed brass fittings (maedate) that would extend out vertically and diagonally. Side wings (fukigaeshi) each have a brass medallion in the center with the same floral pattern. Wide side panel (shikoro) made of leather (?) strips laced together with orange (or faded red?) laces. (Note that the side panel is attached with only one rivet on the proper right side, and therefore this connection is quite fragile). Red cord chin strap underneath. Inside of helmet is lined with stitched red cloth.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Chugoku Region (not certain), Honshu, 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: 2067297
label: USNM Number
content: E433498-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Helmet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 58 cm
label: Width
content: ca. 47 cm
label: Height
content: ca. 25 cm