Round shield "gondale" · Ethiopia, Sidamo, Dorze · ID: 3050161
Price
EUR 300
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Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
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.
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