Helmet

Description

Helmet of steel with spike, plume-holders, face-bar, and fine chain-mail protecting neck curtain, richly damascened in gold with scroll pattern and inscription around the border: Middle East, Iran, 16th - 17th century

Museum reference

A.1890.266

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Helmet

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

16th - 17th century

Materials

Steel, Gold

Physical description

Steel; richly damascened in gold with scroll pattern

Associations

Paris Exhibition of 1889

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
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