Subject: irregular armored cavalryman
Culture: Turco-Iranian
Setting: civil war, Zand-Qajar Persia mid-late 18thc
Object: گرز gorz mace
Higgins Armory Museum *
Higgins Armory Museum *
* National Museum of Scotland
"Iran 18th-19th Centuries [...]
The two totem-like maces with heads in the form of a bull's and a horned demon's head,
were more probably used in procession than in battle."
* Tropenmuseum > Verhalenreis
"Ceremoniële staven Metaal. Iran. 20ste eeuw."
Ashoka Arts *
Ashoka Arts *
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
Mace (gorz) Persian, 18th century
Maces were often more effective against plate armour than the sword,
and because of this they were a favourite side-arm of the cavalry." ...
