The Amazing Boar's Tusk Helmets of Minoan Crete

Boar's tusk helmets were developed by Minoans and feature in their artwork. These were made by sewing boar tusk plates - made by cutting flat sections from boar tusks – onto a leather backing. They were effective as armour and perhaps had symbolic purposes too, calling on the strength and ferocity of the wild boar itself and that dangerous aristocratic pursuit, the boar hunt.
Minoan warriors also employed large body shields – rectangular or figure eight shaped - from at least 1800 BC or so right through to around 1200 BC. These were made from a wicker frame and tough rawhide, perhaps also holding symbolic value, considering the popularity of bull imagery in Minoan art – and the pastime of bull leaping.
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