Zemanek-Münster

Plaited shield "nguba"

D. R. Congo, Ngombe
not available anymore
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

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