A REPOUSSE IRON KABUTO formed as a conch shell from twenty-eight plates of iron fire welded together, the surface with diagonal striations, the large mabezashi without decoration, the shikoro lacking, 18th century

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A REPOUSSE IRON KABUTO formed as a conch shell from twenty-eight plates of iron fire welded together, the surface with diagonal striations, the large mabezashi without decoration, the shikoro lacking, 18th century

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This possibly unique use of multiple plates avoids the thinning of the metal associated with the one piece kabuto of this shape