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Object Number 40-77-40/13727.2
Display Title Fragments of woven wicker helmet base
Descriptions
Object Description Bronze disk-helmet ("Schusselhelm): 6 disks (2.5-3 cm., diameter), convex with a nipple in the center and a loop in back; 5 (13-14.5 cm., diameter), convex with hole in center through which passes a bronze nail fastener with conical head; some of the wickerwork that formed the padding or structure of the helmet is also preserved (the largest piece mounted for display on a plaster "disk").
Inventory Description Organic, woven wicker fragments
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sticna
Intrasite Tumulus VI, grave 13
Quantity 2
Label on object 40-77-40/13727 Cast / of / Crown / of / Helmet; (133-VI-13)
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1913)

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