Helmet

1600s Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Diameter: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.62

Mughal soldiers wore hemispherical steel helmets to battle. This helmet’s surface features decorative floral patterns created using a process called damascening, in which gold wire was hammered into steel grooves. A leaf-shaped guard slides down in front of the nose for protec...

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