Bascinet
Unknown Artist
The pierced studs around the cheeks and lower edge are for the attachment of an aventail (a defense of mail covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders).
Credit: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
c. 1350-1400, with later restorations
Steel, plaster
27.3cm
29.158.43
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection