Plaited shield "nguba" · D. R. Congo, Ngombe · ID: 3040753
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Size
H: 141 cm
H: 55.5 inch
Description
rattan frame, plant fibre, woven in several crisscross layers of reed and small slats, held together with rattan fibres to form a tight wickerwork, decorated with geometrical patterns in dark paint, wooden handle board backside, min. dam., slight traces of usage, small missing parts
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 115, ill. 105