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13th March 2012, 02:06 PM
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may be more "Spanish comb morion" but doesn't matter  it was an helmet used during the 16th and early 17th centuries, the morion, though generally identified with Spanish conquistadors, was common among foot soldiers of European nationalities (several) but more intriguing ... how this helmet reached the deep South Sahara I suppose according with ; the native's dress, and environment, could be North Niger ... spoils of war ? (razzia)(غزو) item of trade ? Thanks a lot for sharing with us these amazing postcards  à + Dom |
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13th March 2012, 02:11 PM
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Hi Dom, I had it noted as Portuguese in my image files, probably was a caption on the image when I originally found it.
Actually Portuguese makes the most sense as they had established trade centers and commercial activity on the West African coast around the time these helmets were popular. Not such a long way then into Niger. 
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13th March 2012, 03:50 PM
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caravan tracks are really a spider net, all azimuths, in Sahara ... and not only in our days between; salt, slaves, and sometimes more conventional as "pure trade" the caravans was (are) crossed the Sahara, in all senses and they was probably in trading with the Portugueses, that's makes a sense, for sure all the best à + Dom |
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