Prestige shield "tafa gašša" · Ethiopia, Amhara · ID: 3051146

Name: Prestige shield "tafa gašša"
SKU: 3051146
Price: 1000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

D: 39 cm

D: 15.4 inch

Description

leather, velvet, finely chiselled metal fittings,

Initially used purely as military equipment, these shields became more and more elaborately decorated in the course of time and were transformed into purely decorative objects of imperial dignitaries and particularly deserving warriors.

They were even used back in the time of Emperor Menelik II (1889 - 1913) as valuable presents for the visitors of high rank or for the heads of state.

The object Prestige shield “tafa gašša” with the object ID 3051146 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 398 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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