A Tartar helmet, Northern Caucasus, 16th/17th century. A two-piece pointed skull with a riveted quadrangular spike. Riveted forehead strip with a movable nasal and mail curtain. The helmet exterior shows remnants of the gold inlay that once covered the entire surface. Height: 29 cm. With mail curtain ca. 513 cm. Rare, early type of helmet, a similar example with silver-inlaid decoration is illustrated in: Jacek Gutowski, Tartar Arms and Armour, Warsaw 1997, No. 30. historic, historical, 17th century, 16th century, Ottoman Empire, object, objects, stills, clippi,

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Keywords: -piece, 16th, 17th, arms, caucasus, century, clipping, clippings, cut, cut-, cut-outs, empire, helmet, northern, object, objects, ottoman, stills, tartar, weapon, weapons