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Gold Helmet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2018
Helmet
Date: A.D. 700–1000
Geography: Panama, Darién
Culture: Coclé (?)
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 × W. 7 11/16 × D. 7 11/16 in. (11.5 × 19.5 × 19.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
Credit Line: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Anonymous Gift and Gift of Thomas Barbour, 1933 (33-1-20/209)
This helmet—of thin hammered sheet gold embossed with zoomorphic designs—was less about stopping a weapon’s blow than projecting the wealth and power of the individual who wore it. In each wedge sits a two-headed crocodile, bent legs and scutes depicted in repoussé.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722184
Date: A.D. 700–1000
Geography: Panama, Darién
Culture: Coclé (?)
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 × W. 7 11/16 × D. 7 11/16 in. (11.5 × 19.5 × 19.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
Credit Line: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Anonymous Gift and Gift of Thomas Barbour, 1933 (33-1-20/209)
This helmet—of thin hammered sheet gold embossed with zoomorphic designs—was less about stopping a weapon’s blow than projecting the wealth and power of the individual who wore it. In each wedge sits a two-headed crocodile, bent legs and scutes depicted in repoussé.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722184
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