Boar's tusk helmet

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Helmets using ivory from boars' tusks were known in the Mycenaean world from the 18th or 17th century BC (Shaft Graves, Mycenae) to the 10th century BC (Elateia, Central Greece). The helmet was made through the use of slivers of boar tusks which were attached to a leather base, padded with felt, in rows.

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