Etruscan Bronze Negau Helmet

Etruscan Bronze Negau Helmet

An ancient Etruscan bronze helmet of the Negau type. The crown has a central ridge running front to back. There is a recessed band around the lower rim.

Ca. 450 - 350 BC.
Height 8 in. (20.5 cm).
With traces of fabric and organic material imbedded in the patina.

Etruscan helmets of the Negau type are named for the village in Slovenia where a cache of such helmets was initially found in 1812.

cf.: similar Negau helmets in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. no. 1970.35, and the Antikensammlung, Berlin, inv. no. Fr. 1019. For a discussion of the Negau helmet type, see: Antike Helme. Sammlung Lipperheide und andere BestaÌ?nde des Antikenmuseums Berlin (Mainz, 1988), pp. 243-270.

Formerly in the collection of the author Alexandre Nicolai (1865-1952), Bordeaux, France; subsequently in a California private collection.

Inv#: 8191

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