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A MOMO-NARI (PEACH-SHAPED) HELMET AND A ZUNARI
HELMET
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first, constructed of two vertical plates joined along the central
crest and bound with a third horizontal plate running around the
base, all lacquered black and fitted with a four-lame yodarekake; the
second, a skull-shaped helmet contructed of three plates riveted
together and bound with a horizontal plate around the base, finished
with large rivet heads and lacquered russet brown, fitted with a three-
lame yodarekake
US$4,000 - 6,000
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