http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/922240/resize%3Aformat%3DfullSouth Italian-Chalcidian helmet with volutes over the templesabout late 4th century B.C.BronzeA Chalcidian helmet of South Italian type. The helmet has hinged cheek protectors. The top of the helmet has a central ridge and is set off from the concave neck protector. A three-sided area - a kind of pediment - is set off by ridges above the forehead; the upper ridges terminate in scrolls above the temples. The scrolls are now hidden by small wings. The pediment encloses a head of Medusa in relief. Another ridge runs along the lower edge of the front of the helmet. It has a slight downward point at the center, a kind of residual nose guard. A corkscrew-like vertical spiral of bronze terminating in a snake's head is attached to each side of the top to hold plumes. The sinuous lower outline of the helmet is created by openings for ears, eyes and mouth. Because of the type of cuirass sold with it (2003.815.2-3), the helmet probably belonged to the panoply of a cavalryman.Warfare, hunting, fishing33.0000000000 Centimeter47.0000000000 Centimeter15.2000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/365730/rdf