helmet
- Museum number
- Af1934,0308.35.a-c
- Description
-
Helmet (a) composed of ten brass plates decorated with brass and iron carpet nails and a large pompom of black ostrich feathers on one side. Two white ostrich feather plumes (b) bound together with aluminium wire. Large plume (c) composed of clipped red and black feathers inserted into fibre coils set into wooden shaft.
- Dimensions
-
Height: 24 centimetres (a)
-
Height: 52 centimetres (b)
-
Height: 102 centimetres (c)
-
Height: 112.50 centimetres
-
Width: 24 centimetres (a)
-
Width: 40 centimetres (b)
-
Width: 5 centimetres (c)
-
Depth: 21 centimetres (a)
-
Depth: 7.50 centimetres (b)
-
Depth: 5 centimetres (c)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1934,0308.35.a-c
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: Af1934,0308.35 (original registration number)
-
Miscellaneous number: Af1934,0308.35a-b (original registration number)