02-20-2008, 12:15 AM
It's original. Impressive!
The stuff on the top is iron corrosion that have made a mineralization over an original covering of woven hairnet or textile, probably to atach real human hair.
There are a lot of exemples preserved. See that intersting article by Peroni:
http://www.romanarmy.net/batavianhelm.htm
The stuff on the top is iron corrosion that have made a mineralization over an original covering of woven hairnet or textile, probably to atach real human hair.
There are a lot of exemples preserved. See that intersting article by Peroni:
http://www.romanarmy.net/batavianhelm.htm
Cesar Pocinya
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