Context (Found together / assemblage)
Old label tied to object adds: "as worn with chain mail by [?illegible] and [?Meliko]."
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Field collection)
Provenance given on top right of catalogue card as "Darfur, Sudan".
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Padded iron helmet (imitation) = telli. Conical, with spike over nose and padded with spotted red and white cotton.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
The Arkell collection was first deposited at MAA in 1937. In 1954, some material was transferred and gifted to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. The rest of the original deposit was gifted to MAA. New accession numbers were not assigned to the collection, so Arkell collection objects continue to be known by their D numbers, despite no longer being on deposit.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Telli. Padded model helmet; conical and possibly made from tin. A long metal bar with an arrow terminal at either end is fixed to the front as a nose guard. The inside is lined with padded checked cotton. Rim of red polka-dot patterned material.
Event Date 20/1/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe