IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 162521 accession number: HEN.M.467-1933 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J.S. Henderson creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162521 SUBJECTS ------------------- Another abalone shell helmet signed Myochin Munesuke CATEGORIES ------ category: armour category: helmet DATING ------ creation date: 1719 - 1719 creation date earliest: 1719 creation date latest: 1719 culture: 18th Century, Early culture: Edo Period (1615-1868) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: mm value: 310 dimension: Height units: mm value: 200 dimension: Weight units: g value: 1465 dimension: Width units: mm value: 200