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"Negau" Helmet

"Negau" Helmet

Probably: Etruscan

Date: c. 599 - 400 BC
Medium: bronze
Dimensions:
Overall (IN): 9 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase through the Levi W. Mengel Memorial Fund
Object number: 1955.3.1

The shape of this helmet was influenced by the Greek pilos (pot helmet) and is also known as a casque or open helmet. Negau refers to the style of bronze helmets, c. 450 – 350 BC, found in 1811 in Ženjak, near Negau, (now Negova, Slovenia). The helmets are of typical Etruscan almond-shape, sometimes described as of the Negau type.

The helmet has a flat ring of bronze and stitching holes along the inside edge fitting an inner cap which held the helmet well up on the head. 

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