Round shield "gondale" · Ethiopia, Sidamo, Dorze · ID: 3050161

Name: Round shield "gondale"
SKU: 3050161
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany

Size

D: 38,5 cm

D: 15.2 inch

Description

animal skin (buffalo, ox),

Shield with a strongly conical bulging body decorated with traditional hallmark patterns.

According to Plaschke / Zirngibl, this shield comes from the Sidamo region in south-west Ethiopia. The bearers were the Dorze, who live within the Ometo tribal group.

The object Round shield “gondale” with the object ID 3050161 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 90.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 66, ill. 52 Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 193

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