Solid-Forged Helmet with Silver Ornamentation of the Second Half of the 17th – the Middle of the 18th сenturies from the Collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Цельнокованый шлем с серебряным орнаментом второй половины XVII – середины XVIII вв. из собрания Национального музея Республики Казахстан
Bobrov L.A. Agatay O.M. Abdrakhmanov S.А.
1 September 2024Cherkas Global University Press
Bylye Gody
2024#19Issue 31027 - 1039 pp.
The iron helmet (QRUM nq QZh 114) stored in the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NMRK, Astana) has been studied. Previously, the headgear has already attracted the attention of specialists, but has not yet become the object of an individual scientific study. The purpose of the article is to highlight the main stages of the museum history of the helmet, to give its detailed description, to clarify the dating and attribution. It is established that the Kokshetau Regional Museum of History and Local Lore obtained the headgear in 1951. Later it was transferred to the PCCRK and it was handed over to the NMRK in 2015. The central part of the tulle is decorated with silver ornamentation. The two-part visor is gilded. The upper part of the tulle was covered with the overlay in the form of a funnel, which has not been preserved. Typological analysis allowed us to date the helmet to the second half of the 17th – middle of 18th centuries (but not later than the 50s of the 18th century). It is most likely that it was made for Oirat (presumably Dzungarian) Buddhist warrior in the first half of the 18th century. This is indicated by the design of the helmet, as well as by its top, which was made on the model of a Buddhist ritual vessel. The area of distribution of such helmets coincides with the borders of military and political expansion of the Dzungarian state. The helmet could have been forged by armorers of Dzungaria or Maverannahr, who in the middle of the 18th century produced armament for the Dzungars under the supervision of Oirat masters. The silver ornamentation was applied by an Oirat, Central Asian or Kazakh artisan. In the latter case, it probably happened after the headgear was in the hands of the Kazakhs. The helmet is a clear example of interaction between the Kazakh Khanate and the Dzungarian state in the first half – the middle of the 18th century. Copyright
Dzungar armor , Dzungar helmet , Dzungaria , Dzungars , Kazakh Khanate , Kazakhs , Oirat helmet , Oirats , relationship of the Kazakh Khanate with Dzungaria
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Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation
Research Institute for Jochi Ulus Studies, Kazakhstan, National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, Kazakh Historical Society, Kazakhstan
Novosibirsk State University
Research Institute for Jochi Ulus Studies
National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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