Armor Dies/Models/Molds from Memphis, Egypt

[jho]

Translation from Dutch into English edited by your friendly (Dutch) mod.

Thank you, this makes it much clearer, in particular the part on turning the leather inside out.

Is it possible that the surving moulds are half of a two-mold system? One on the inside and another on the outside with the rawhide being sandwiched in between.

I would think that it would be very difficult to create such a two-mold system from stone. Also, the leather would still have to be turned inside out to bring the decoration to the outside of the helmet. On the other hand, rigidity would only be required if this was used to create the helmet itself and not simply a decorative covering for the helmet only.

However, for me the strongest argument against a use for forming leather or metal sheet are the crest arrangements and feather tubes on some of the models. It would appear very difficult and hardly sensible to form anything over these.