non-westernhistoricalfashion:

Here are some images of the same 16th-18th century Iranian battle mask that ismael-sarepta posted:

Credits: top left, top right, bottom.

art-of-swords:

Vajra Water Knife

• Date: ca. 15th century
• Culture: Tibet
• Medium: Iron damascened with gold and silver
• Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
• Classification: Metalwork
• Credit Line: Lent by Anthony d’Offay
• Rights and Reproduction: Photograph © Rossi & Rossi

A wavelike steel blade emitting from a makara (sea monster) and a wave-form hilt earned this blade the title Vajra Water Knife (Tibetan: dorjey chutri).

The makara has an elephant’s trunk and tusks, which are bizarrely paired with the jaws of a crocodile and the flowing mane of a lioness. The traditional Indian makara of antiquity has an aquatic tail, which here, filtered through the Tibetan imagination, has become a great foaming wave.

A variant of the traditional flaying knife (Tibetan: triguk), this blade is a masterpiece of gold and silver workmanship. The contrasting metals damascened into the iron surface create a ritual utensil of threatening beauty.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art 

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rinspirational:

1. Janus Helmet
2. Kòmò Helmet Mask
3. Helmet Mask
4. Helmet with Talismanic Inscriptions
5. Helmet (Kabuto)
6. Close Helmet
7. HELMET
8. Parade Helmet
9. Helmet
10. Bascinet

explodingrocks:

Red Tengu Somen (mask) Mid Edo Period, 18th/19th century
By Geishu Myochin Kiyoyoshi,
The iron mask forged in one piece with the beak and ears riveted on, beneath the chin are two otayori no kugi, lacquered red overall with black on the point of the beak, the interior of the mask gold-lacquered; a two-lame yodarekake of kiritsuke kozane; gold-lacquered and laced in dark blue; the kebiki odoshi is attached to the mask by a leather strip.

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ofp:

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