Bronze Parade Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Bronze Parade Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

X FRA 123

Description

Bronze parade face mask of a young female face, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Context

Roman cavalry units held spectacular displays in the parade ground called 'hyppika gymnasia'. The cavalrymen wore elaborate helmets with face mask, often representing figures of mythology or characters in a battle. Three examples survive from Newstead, and this is the most complete.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Mask
Military Dress & Armour

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 123

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

Late 1st century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Location

Newstead

Country

Scotland

* Untyped Cultural Region

United Kingdom

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

face masks

Other Names

Name Type

Previous Accesssion Number

Other Name

XII 14-149

Material

Bronze

Color

Bronze, Brown

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Curle

Notes

Excavator

Web Links and URLs

Artefact page on the National Museums Scotland website, The Romans in Scotland in Five Objects, "A Frontier Post and its People", James Curle. p.170, plate XXX

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found