Moro helmet

Battara · 26th September 2014, 04:32 AM

Interesting and rare helmet! (How did I miss this one?

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Yes there was a division of specialties from steel/blade workers, silver workers, brass workers, wood carvers, etc.

And as far as I know they were not itinerant, but did other things besides working on weapons. Not too different from what I saw for example in Fez, Morocco where there is still a division of specialties and expertise.

Oliver Pinchot · 26th September 2014, 06:07 AM

I missed it too, Jose.... if a member of the Forum got it, I hope they'll post it.

Interesting that Moro craftsmen produced a range of objects. True in most of North Africa too, as you say. The Ottomans and Persians were a good deal more specialized, in fact they were organized into guilds.

I've been looking at the earflaps-- are they on backward? They don't seem to fit the apertures quite right.

26th September 2014, 04:32 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Interesting and rare helmet! (How did I miss this one? ) Yes there was a division of specialties from steel/blade workers, silver workers, brass workers, wood carvers, etc. And as far as I know they were not itinerant, but did other things besides working on weapons. Not too different from what I saw for example in Fez, Morocco where there is still a division of specialties and expertise.

26th September 2014, 06:07 AM	#2
Oliver Pinchot Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 465	I missed it too, Jose.... if a member of the Forum got it, I hope they'll post it. Interesting that Moro craftsmen produced a range of objects. True in most of North Africa too, as you say. The Ottomans and Persians were a good deal more specialized, in fact they were organized into guilds. I've been looking at the earflaps-- are they on backward? They don't seem to fit the apertures quite right.