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A Rare Filipino (Moro) Comb Morion18th/19th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,375 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare Filipino (Moro) Comb Morion
18th/19th Century
18th/19th Century
Of brass and in European style, with heavy one-piece skull rising to a high comb, upturned brim pointed fore and aft with turned borders, copper and brass plume-holders at the rear, and the base of the skull with small dome-headed copper rivets each on a copper floret, the top of the comb and outer borders pierced with small holes for a liner
22 cm. high
22 cm. high
Footnotes
For a related example see Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour..., 2013, p. 353, fig. 850








