IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162521
accession number:	HEN.M.467-1933

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 27 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Of russet iron, made in two pieces and embossed with an abalone shell at either side. At the centre where the plates join is a roped seam bordered at either side with an engraved meandering flame scroll. Round the base is a pearled band of iron, and a flange for the shikoro, which has never been pierced. At the front is a peak, embossed with angular eyebrows and brow ridges. Above this is a bracket for a maedate. Associated is a fore crest (maedate) embossed in the form of Fudo Myo-o holding a straight sword (ken) in his right hand and a rope in his left, surrounded by an aura of flames. The crest is hollow, with a flat back inscribed by Myochin Osumi no kami ki no Munesuke and the date.
Signed at the right of the peak Myochin Muneakira. Dated at the left of the peak.
title:	Helmet skull

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J.S. Henderson
creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162521


SUBJECTS
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Another abalone shell helmet signed Myochin Munesuke



CATEGORIES
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category: armour
category: helmet

DATING
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creation date:	1719 - 1719
creation date earliest:	1719
creation date latest:	1719
culture:	18th Century, Early#
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: mm
value: 310

dimension: Height
units: mm
value: 200

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 1465

dimension: Width
units: mm
value: 200