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2. Equestrian helmet - Wikipedia

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   An equestrian helmet is a form of protective headgear worn when riding horses. This type of helmet is specially designed to protect the rider's head in the event of falls from a horse, especially from striking a hard object while falling or being accidentally struck in the head by a horse's hoof . Certified helmets are required headgear for ...

3. Equestrianism - Wikipedia

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   Musicians riding horses, Tang dynasty Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch.They are also used in competitive sports including dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving, and rodeo (see additional equestrian sports listed later in this ...

4. Sutton Hoo helmet - Wikipedia

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   The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial.It was buried around the years c. 620–625 AD and is widely associated with an Anglo-Saxon leader, King Rædwald of East Anglia; its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function akin to a crown.

5. 'Where art resides': George Alexander blends sci-fi ... - AOL

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   Aug. 11—The figure straddling a horse dons an astronaut's helmet amid a landscape of chamisa and cholla. George Alexander's acrylic painting is much more than some kind of interstellar joke. To ...

6. Galea (helmet) - Wikipedia

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   Galea. (helmet) Modern reconstruction of a centurion's helmet, first century. The embossed eyebrows and the circular brass bosses are typical of the Imperial Gallic helmets. A galea ( [ˈɡaɫea], from Greek γαλέη, galéē, " weasel, marten ") [ 1] was a Roman soldier's helmet. Some gladiators, specifically myrmillones, also wore bronze ...

7. Equestrian statue - Wikipedia

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   An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning ' knight ', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'. [1] A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a difficult and expensive object for any culture to produce, and figures have typically been portraits ...