three-piece stepped skull of characteristic form, the upper dome finely chiselled with scrolling foliage and vines within geometric borders and flanked with applied lobed rank insignia, the lower portion profusely decorated to match and all highlighted in gilt wash, the rim pierced for a camail. Areas of lamination and repaired lamination. For similar examples see The South Asian Art section of the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and The Royal Armouries publication Indian Arms and Armour by Richardson and Bennett, page 53.