Mycenaean warrior wearing boar's tusk helmet 14th-13th C. BCE

"Homer specifies that the helmet given by Meriones to Odysseus was an heirloom, passed down through the generations, a detail which perhaps suggests its value. Although the number of plates required to make an entire helmet varies - anything from 40 to 140 can be required - it has been estimated that forty to fifty boars would have to be killed to make just one helmet."

-taken from wikipedia

 

Ivory head of a warrior wearing a boar-tusk helmet, Mycenae, 14th–13th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Source:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/300967187569860673/

https://artframe.blogspot.com/2014/03/pac-museum-world-premiere-on-ancient.html

https://twitter.com/odietrich_/status/1311650659188576257

 

Quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boar%27s_tusk_helmet