Sunday, March 11, 2012

NIAS BATTLE HELMET


Type: Body Armor
Classification: Head Protector
Name: NIAS BATTLE HELMET
Indigenous name: TAKOELA TEFAO
Function: Defenses and protect
Region: Insular South-East Asia
Culture: NIAS
Origin: South NIAS, NIAS Island, Indonesia
Time period: ---
Materials: Iron
Dimensions: H 13.5 cm, Dm 16 to 20.5 cm

Collection:
National Museum of Ethnology
(Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde)
Steenstraat 1, Leiden 2300 AE, The Netherlands

Inventory number: 1002-123

publications about the object:
Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago

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