Rare ceremonial shield · Laos / Vietnam, Bolaven-Plateau, Katu · ID: 3051144

Name: Rare ceremonial shield
SKU: 3051144
Price: 1700 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,700

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

D: 54 cm

D: 21.3 inch

Description

wood, black lacquer, metal inlays,

The Katu tribe people live on the Bolaven Plateau on either side of the border with South Laos and Vietnam.

They perform grand sacred rituals with buffalo sacrifices. During these rituals, the cult leaders hold shields like the one shown here.

Barbier, Jean Paul & Purissima Benitez-Johannot, Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 137

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