Leather shield · Ethiopia (Southern), Sidamo, Kaffa · ID: 3050572

Name: Leather shield
SKU: 3050572
Price: 300 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 300

Provenance

Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany

Size

D: 49,5 cm

D: 19.5 inch

Description

animal hide,

Particularly thick-walled leather shield with a strongly convex surface and thick beaded rim. Embossed linear decoration on the front.

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 67, ill. 54

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