page_title: Morion (helmet)
hierarchical_section_title: Morion (helmet)
caption_attribution_description: English: A metallic helmet, used approximately in the 17th century by Spanish conquerors in America. It's in the Museo del Carmen, Maipú, Santiago de Chile. Español: Un casco metálico usado por los conquistadores españoles en América en el siglo XVII aproximadamente. Está en el Museo del Carmen, en la comuna de Maipú, Santiago de Chile.
context_page_description: A morion is a type of open helmet originally from the Kingdom of Castile, used from the beginning 16th to early 17th centuries, usually having a flat brim and a crest from front to back. Its introduction was contemporaneous with the exploration of North, Central and South America. Explorers such as Hernando de Soto and Coronado may have supplied them to their foot soldiers in the 1540s.
context_section_description: A morion (Spanish: morrión) is a type of open helmet originally from the Kingdom of Castile (Spain), used from the beginning 16th to early 17th centuries, usually having a flat brim and a crest from front to back. Its introduction was contemporaneous with the exploration of North, Central and South America. Explorers such as Hernando de Soto and Coronado may have supplied them to their foot soldiers in the 1540s.
caption: A Spanish conquistador comb morion (c. 17th century)
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