Helmet
70-4-1
From: France | Normandy | Calvados | Bernieres d'Ailly
Curatorial Section: European
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Object Number
70-4-1
Current Location
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Culture
Hallstatt Culture | Western European
Provenience
France | Normandy | Calvados | Bernieres d'Ailly
Locus
Foot of the Monts d'Eraines near Chateau d'Ailly
Period
Late Bronze Age
Date Made
1199-700 BCE
Section
European
Materials
Bronze
Technique
Incised
Description
Bronze; Two sheets of bronze attached front and back by folding a flap of metal from one over the other at rim; 3 rivets secure. Crest made by folding edge of one sheet over the other; decorated by fine parallel incised lines.
Height
16.5 cm
Length
16 cm
Width
15 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from J. J. Klejman, 1970
Other Number
825 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects . London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. See: Page 41 Bottom row, right
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004.
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Hamilton, Elizabeth G. "What in the World?: A Celtic Helmet?: Headgear from a Bronze Age Hoard ." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 45, no. 1. (2003): 48.
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Freidin, Nicholas. "Early Iron Age Luxury Imports: Into the Paris Basin ." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 24, no. 3. (1982): 21-29. See: p. 22, fig. 2
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Hencken, Hugh O. Peabody Museum Bulletin . 28. Cambridge: Harvard University, 1971. See:
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de Beauregard, Olivier C. Les casques dits de Falaise . Caen: 1910. See:
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