Jinghasa, perhaps?

[vantique]

Hi everyone! 

Wondering if this is a jinghasa....would appreciate your feedback. There is a pic of a pair of  glasses for scale, as well as one closeup for material ID. 

Thanks so much. 

 

Vince

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[Scogg]

Old fiberglass perhaps? Could be a vintage miners helmet or hardhat.

Just a guess,

-Sam

[Mark S.]

Weird things you remember… the wedding scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail popped into my head… one of the guards… sorry for the 

[The Blacksmith]

It looks to me more like a poor copy of an old Celtic, or possibly Roman, shield boss (Umbo). As Sam says, fibreglass in all likelyhood.

 

[ROKUJURO]

Traditional Black Forest JINGASA:

[vantique]

I was hoping it to be something more than a weird hat. 

Anyway, the real treasure is having you people comment on it (and of course on a whole lot of things) expertly and swiftly🙂.  

 Much appreciated. Many thanks! 

Vince

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[Oldman]

I once had a WWII helmet liner that looked exactly like the item in question, except for shape. The material looks to me like fibreglass or something similar.

 

Cheers, Michael BC

[The Blacksmith]

So it didn't 'looked exactly like the item in question' then!   Sorry Michael, but I just couldn't resist it!

 

I have had a few of the American M1 helmets with their fibre or plastic type liners.   I am pretty certain that the item in the original post is a fibreglass copy of a shield boss. The dimensions and form are correct for this, possibly even the embossed decoration if it it supposedly Celtic.