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Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>)
Armorer Helmet signed by Bamen Tomotsugu
18th century
- Medium
- Iron, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, silk, horse hair, ivory
- Classification
- Armor for Man
- Dimensions
- as mounted, H. 58 5/8 in. (148.8 cm); W. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
- Culture
- Japanese, Toyohara, Echizen province
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., in memory of Dr. Frederick M. Pedersen, 2001
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
