Helmet

Cleveland Museum of Art

Helmet

Date
1600s
Medium
steel with gold and brass
Culture
North India
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
100101

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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 protection. The short tubes on either side of the nasal guard were for holding plumes, most popularly black heron feathers or white aigrettes. The spike that would have been on the apex has broken off. Also missing is the stuffed cotton padding that lined the interior. Chain mail made up of interlocking steel wire rings protected the ears, neck, and shoulders.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Provenance
?–February 8, 1919: Theodore Offerman [c. 1873–1937], New York, NY, consigned to the American Art Association for sale | February 8, 1919: (American Art Association, New York, NY, Theodore Offerman Collection sale, February 8, 1919, lot no. 300) | 1919: John L. [1863–1936] and Elisabeth Huntington DeWitt Severance [1865–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1919-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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