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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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An Iron Facemask (Menpo)
Edo period (19th century)
Forged in two pieces and finished with a rich chocolate-brown patina, with a hinged nose piece and applied with a stiff boar-bristle moustache, pegs to hold helmet cord on the cheeks; lips lacquered red and teeth silver; fitted with a four-lame solid-plate throat guard laced in green
8 5/8in. (22cm.) long, including throat guard
Edo period (19th century)
Forged in two pieces and finished with a rich chocolate-brown patina, with a hinged nose piece and applied with a stiff boar-bristle moustache, pegs to hold helmet cord on the cheeks; lips lacquered red and teeth silver; fitted with a four-lame solid-plate throat guard laced in green
8 5/8in. (22cm.) long, including throat guard