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Helmet in the Shape of an Eggplant

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Helmet in the Shape of an Eggplant

Saotome Ietada

Date: 17th century
Type: Helmet in the shape of an eggplant
Medium: Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silk
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 36.25.164a–d
Credit: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

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