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Plaited shield with integrated quiver, D. R. Congo, Northeastern Congo, Lendu, Size: H: 98 cm B: 35,5 cm - 27 cm (H: 38.6 inch B: 14.0 inch - 10.6 inch), ID: 3051455
Plaited shield with integrated quiver, D. R. Congo, Northeastern Congo, Lendu, Size: H: 98 cm B: 35,5 cm - 27 cm (H: 38.6 inch B: 14.0 inch - 10.6 inch), ID: 3051455 - 2/3 Plaited shield with integrated quiver, D. R. Congo, Northeastern Congo, Lendu, Size: H: 98 cm B: 35,5 cm - 27 cm (H: 38.6 inch B: 14.0 inch - 10.6 inch), ID: 3051455 - 3/3
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Plaited shield with integrated quiver ·  D. R. Congo, Northeastern Congo, Lendu · ID: 3051455

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Provenance
Belgium Private Collection
Size
H: 98 cm
B: 35,5 cm - 27 cm
H: 38.6 inch
B: 14.0 inch - 10.6 inch

Description

plant fibre, wood, animal skin,

These shields were worn on the back with a cord around the neck. A smaller braided panel is attached on the backside, creating a flat pocket into which the arrows could be inserted.

Comparing literature

Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 204, ill. 188

Africa
Shields

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