Helmet
| Object Number: | 70-4-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| 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 |
| Early Date: | -1199 |
| Late Date: | -700 |
| Section: | European |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Technique: | Incised |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. J. Klejman, 1970 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Artifacts in Bloom (2003 - 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 41 Bottom row, right | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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