Magnificent shield "tafa gassa", late 19th century

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Description

leather, velvet, finely chiselled gold plated silver fittings, multicolorored glass stones, metal appliqués and chains, extremely elaborate and finely decorated on both sides

These valuable humpback shields served as a tribute to aristocrats and especially deserving warriors.

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Comparing literature

Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 161, ill. 109 Girma Fisseha (Hg.), Äthiopien, Christentum zwischen Orient und Afrika, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München 2002

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Publications

Girma Fisseha (ed.), Katalog zur Ausstellung: "Äthiopien, Christentum zwischen Orient und Afrika", München 2002, p. 93

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Exhibition

Salzburg, Dommuseum: "Äthiopien, Verborgene Schätze", 23 June - 26 October 1999; Munich, Museum für Völkerkunde, "Äthiopien, Christentum zwischen Orient und Afrika", 11 October 2002 - 12 October 2003

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