Object details
Accession number
M27w72
Primary Creator
Indian, Northern India
Full title
Helmet (Kulah Khud)
Creation Date
17th century-18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Cairo in winter 1904-1905, through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950). (with museum no. M27w75)
Dimensions
18 x 29.5 cm (7 1/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Metal
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 231. (as North Indian (Rapjut), 17th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 133-34, no. 64. (North Indian, 17th or 18th century)
Walter J. Karcheski, Jr. "An Ecclesiastical Glaive in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum." Fenway Court (1985), p. 51. (called a "kulah khud helmet")
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