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Large wicker shield "ngubo / "ngabo", D. R. Congo, Baali, Size: H: 150 cm B: 59 cm (H: 59.1 inch B: 23.2 inch), ID: 3047816
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Lot 112
96th Auction

Large wicker shield "ngubo / "ngabo" ·  D. R. Congo, Baali · ID: 3047816

sold EUR 4,000
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 150 cm
B: 59 cm
H: 59.1 inch
B: 23.2 inch

Description

rattan, plant fibre, wood (grip board),
Shield of unusual size with elaborately decorated grip board.

A comparable example entered the holdings of the Africa Museum Tervuren in 1916 (Inv. no. EO.0.0.19590). Another one illustrated in Elsen (2002), p. 209 (AHDRC 0034934).

Comparing literature

Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Vol. 1, Brussels 2002, p. 209

Africa
Shields

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