Rare old shield · Tanzania, Kerewe · ID: 3052925
Sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Manfred Ritter, Reutlingen, GermanySize
H: 97,5 cm
H: 38.4 inch
Description
light wood, polychrome paint, handwritten notes on the back “D.O.Afr.” and “MUANZA WAKEREWE”
For a comparable object see AHDRC 0170323.
The Kerewe mainly live on Ukerewe, which is the largest island in the southeast section of Lake Victoria. The production and use of this lightweight wood shield, according to Plaschke / Zirngibl, probably ended in the first decades of the 20th century. Travellers to these islands in Lake Victoria reported around 1940 that they were hardly any longer to be found.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 78 f.