A WARABE KABUTO AND HANBO (HELMET AND HALF MASK FOR A CHILD) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryProperty of various ownersA WARABE KABUTO AND HANBO (HELMET AND HALF MASK FOR A CHILD)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centurySlightly smaller than standard Hineno helmets, constructed with a wide medial plate and two plates on the sides all riveted together with a koshimaki running around the base and a tall mabizashi at the front embossed with eyebrows, the entire bowl covered in black lacquer and fitted with a five-lame shikoro lacquered black and laced in blue, the front adorned with a brass family-crest maedate formed as two stylized sparrows within a circle, the hanbo decorated in textured red lacquer and fitted with a four-lame yodarekake lacquered black and laced in blue (2) 8 1/2in (21.6cm) high, helmet bowl onlyNone