Leaf-shaped shield with bump-shaped hallmarks

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Description

animal skin, wood,

This type of shield was attributed to the Dinka for a long time. After examining field photos from the 1920s/1930s, Naegele was able to attribute it to the Nuer (cf . AHDRC 0193904).

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Comparing literature

Barbier, Jean Paul & Purissima Benitez-Johannot, Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 92, ill.43

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