Cheekpiece

Object/Artifact

-

Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Cheekpiece

Entry/Object ID

L.2023.6

Description

Decorated cheekpiece of a Cavalry helmet depicting a hunt (two dogs and a stag)

Use

This decorative cheek piece would have been used to protect the sides of the wearers face. Due to the decorative nature of the cheek piece, this may have been apart of ceremonial garb, worn only for parades.

Collection

HvG

Category

Helmet
Military Dress & Armour

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Holger von Grawert

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

Mid - late 1st Century AD

Place

Continent

Europe

Notes

Unidentifiable Roman workshop in Europe

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Helmet, Military

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Helmet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

helmets (protective wear)

Dimensions

Height

172 mm

Width

112 mm

Material

Bronze, Iron

Color

Green, Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

" Legionsadler und Druidenstab ", "Die Armee der Caesaren", KSARP 12, "Art & Adornment - Treasures of Combat", RAM “Militaria” 2019-23

Provenance

Notes

Ex Collection E. Beckenbauer, Munich, 1974

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition