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[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by thinreadline

Salaams Ibrahiim
Most interesting .. you are quite right , much information surfaces in unexpected places, if only one had the time to follow all possibilities
Regards
Richmond

Salaams Richmond~ I happened to be looking at headgear when your thread appeared . I was researching Indian art and culture 1300 to 1900 by Stuart Cary Welch (Met Museum of Art) where I discovered a helmet whos double was owned by a Dutch artist who painted it ... It now sits in the Staatlich Museem in Berlin and titled Man Wearing a Golden Helmet signed by the artist~ Rembrandt !
Here is the hat from the Met Museum whos provenance includes exotic places like Goa, Malacca, Socotra, Dui and Colombo however it was made in the viceregal Goan Armoury and one of only 5 in existence... There is money in Hats !!!
Regards Ibrahiim al Balooshi