Skeuomorphic Mycenaean bronze helmet (left) that mimicks older, more traditional helmets (right) by having punched rows of boar’s tusks and a spool-shaped socket at the top, used in older helmets to tie the leather straps together. 1400-1300 BCE. Displayed at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. [1776×888]

Skeuomorphic Mycenaean bronze helmet (left) that mimicks older, more traditional helmets (right) by having punched rows of boar’s tusks and a spool-shaped socket at the top, used in older helmets to tie the leather straps together. 1400-1300 BCE. Displayed at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. [1776×888]

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