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Rare wicker shield, 19th century ·  D. R. Congo, Motembo, Lobo, Ndolo · ID: 3047978

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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).


The object Rare wicker shield, 19th century with the object ID 3047978 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 275.

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Comparing literature

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


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