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This helmet was made to commemorate a member of the Oxenstierna family and was displayed in the Maria Kyrka in Sigtuna. The helmet was made from strikingly painted wood as was the fashion in the 16th century. On display at Historiska Museet [The Swedish History Museum] in Stockholm.
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Funerary Helmets, Mortuary Helms, or Mort Helms were the major element of a suit of armour that was most often placed above or near the carved memorial effigy of the knights or members of the nobility concerned in a tradition that ran from at least the 14th through to the 17th century, particularly when the person concerned had gained a reputation in life as a warrior.
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