Rare wrist guard "igitembe" · Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi · ID: 3047284
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Size
H: 14,5 cm
B: 17,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch
B: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, metal, signs of age and wear
These wrist guards are usually worn on the left wrist, to protect the archer’s forearm from being bruised by the recoil of the bowstring.
The object Rare wrist guard “igitembe” with the object ID 3047284 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 319.
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Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom (Hg.), Afrika, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, Berlin 1996, p. 157