0 0 0 ▁by ▁the ▁City ▁and ▁County ▁Museum , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁on ▁permanent ▁display . ▁ ▁The ▁fragment ▁is ▁ ▁long ▁and ▁made ▁of ▁silver . ▁Its ▁el ong ated ▁head ▁is ▁semi - natural istic , ▁dep ict ing ▁a ▁cr ouch ing ▁quad ru ped ▁on ▁either ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁sk ull , ▁divided ▁by ▁a ▁man e ▁along ▁the ▁centre . ▁The ▁bo ar ' s ▁eyes ▁are ▁formed ▁from ▁gar net , ▁and ▁its ▁e y eb rows , ▁sk ull , ▁mouth , ▁t us ks , ▁and ▁sn out ▁are ▁g ild ed . ▁Its ▁head ▁is ▁h ollow ; ▁in ▁the ▁space ▁under ne ath , ▁which ▁was ▁filled ▁with ▁soil ▁and ▁plant ▁matter ▁when ▁found , ▁are ▁three ▁riv ets ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁attached ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁larger ▁object , ▁probably ▁a ▁hel met . ▁The ▁fragment ▁would ▁probably ▁have ▁formed ▁the ▁cr est ▁terminal ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" cr ested ▁hel m ets " ▁used ▁in ▁Northern ▁Europe ▁during ▁the ▁sixth ▁through ▁ele vent h ▁centuries . ▁ ▁The ▁bo ar ' s ▁head ▁terminal ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁representations ▁of ▁the ▁animal ▁on ▁contempor aneous ▁hel m ets . ▁Bo ars ▁sur mount ▁the ▁B enty ▁G range ▁and ▁W oll ast on ▁hel m ets , ▁and ▁form ▁the ▁ends ▁of ▁the ▁e y eb rows ▁of ▁the ▁S utton ▁H oo ▁and ▁perhaps ▁York ▁hel m ets . ▁These ▁evidence ▁a ▁thousand - year s - long ▁tradition