Helmet with Aventail

Title: Helmet with Aventail
Description: This especially attractive and well preserved turban helmet retains the mail aventail that protected the lower half of the face and neck. The aventail is fixed with a lead seal stamped with the mark used in the Ottoman arsenals, an indication that this example, like the other turban helmets also in the Museum's collection (acc. nos. 04.3.209, .210, .214, .457, .462; 36.25.109), passed into Turkish possession as booty with the Ottoman conquest of Iran and the Caucasus.

At least one turban helmet decorated in a style comparable to this example bears the name of Farruhk-Siar (reigned 1464–1501), ruler of Shirvan in the Caucasus. Such evidence suggests that this helmet is also of Shirvan manufacture.
Identifier: 50.87
Creator: unknown Turkish
Spatial Coverage: Ottoman Empire See all items with this value
Date: ca. 1400-1500
Subject: Islamic armor See all items with this value
Medium: Steel, iron, silver, copper alloy
Extent: Helmet including mail - 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Helmet excluding mail - 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Diameter - 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Weight including mail - 7 lb. 6.2 oz. (3350.9 g)
Weight excluding mail - 3 lb. 9 oz. (1616 g)
Relation: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24813
Provenance: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1950
Rights: This work is in the public domain

Cartography in Contemporary Art