32-Plate Kabuto
Culture
Japanese
Date1500s
Mediumiron, brass and lacquer
Dimensions15.2 × 25.4 × 30.8 cm (6 × 10 × 12 1/8 in.), 4 lb 4 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.721
Description32-lame iron bowl of akoda-nari form. Globular-headed rivets set in rosettes between applied vertical ridges; structurally a hoshi-bachi kabuto, but visually suji-bachi as well. Multiple sets of mounting holes for shikoros, indicating remounting over time. Brass tehen. Swinging eyelet top-rear of bowl. Brass haraidate-dai (crest-holder); this looks old, but perhaps not from the original mounting. Red lacquer under visor.ProvenancePurchased by Museum on December 14, 1932 from Kano Oshima (NYC), his #19550. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on viewCollections
Northern Italian
1550–1560