# Kettle Hat (War Hat)

- Date: c. 1460
- Medium: steel
- Classification: Arms and Armor
- Dimensions: Overall: 30.3 x 25.9 x 17.5 cm (11 15/16 x 10 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1919)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1919/1916.1919_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Open helmets like this one were used by medieval infantries. The helmet weighs 12-1/2 pounds. This unusual weight was required for siege purposes—such helmets were worn by the men who attempted to scale the walls of an armed town. The rivet holes along the ridge were for the attachment of the liner.