id:			170210
accession number:	2012.39
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.39
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:54.367000

Cabacete (Helmet), c. 1480s–90s. Spain, late 15th century. Steel; overall: 27.3 x 26 x 36.5 cm (10 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.39

title:				Cabacete (Helmet)
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creation date:			c. 1480s–90s
creation date earliest:		1480
creation date latest:		1500
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Spain, late 15th century
technique:	steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 27.3 x 26 x 36.5 cm (10 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Francisco, CA
	date: 1956
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	David Norton Yerkes (1911-2011), Washington, D.C., by inheritance to his daughter Catharine Y. Kulski
	date: ?-2011
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	Catharine Y. Kulski, Washington D.C., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2011-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2012-
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fun fact:
This helmet intentionally mimics in steel the shape of a brimmed hat and is unique to Spain.

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wall description:
This tall open-face <em>cabacete</em>, alternately known as a "kettle hat" or "war hat" and ancestor of the later morion popular during the 1500s, would have been worn by an infantry soldier, not a mounted knight. The helmet has a conical point and a broad swooping brim, and its user may have worn a <em>bevor</em>, or separate chin piece, to protect his lower face and throat. He may also have worn a brigandine, or canvas doublet lined with metal plates, to protect his torso. Infantry troops were generally armed with hafted weapons such as a bill or halberd.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 61
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