Rare wicker shield, 19th century

D. R. Congo, Motembo, Lobo, Ndolo

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Provenance

American Collection

Size

M: 112 cm x 26 cm

M: 44.1 inch x 10.2 inch

Description

rattan, wood (grip board), black pigments, grease, slightly dam. (rim)

A comparable shield illustrated in Elsen, 2002, ill. 103 (AHDRC 0036481).

Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 148, ill. 103

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