Helmet (1800s): Art, History and Details
Helmet at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Brass. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Helmet (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The predominantly Muslim Maranao people of the southern Philippines developed a rich material culture—including brass work, textiles, weaponry, and architecture—commonly featuring a curvilinear, geometric ornament known as okir. This helmet, while based on Spanish types, features filigree vents and openwork embellishment that are distinctively Mindanao. The top might once have been decorated with feathers or other ornaments.
Object facts
- Title: Helmet
- Date: 1800s
- Culture: Philippines, Mindanao
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Technique: Brass
- Dimensions: Average: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
- Collection: Oceanic Art
- Department: Oceania
- Accession number: 1916.904.2
A detail from the museum
Bacolod, the traditional homeland of the Maranao people, is a historic pangampong (fortified settlement) on Lake Lanao.
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss
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