Round shield "gondale" · Ethiopia, Sidamo, Dorze · ID: 3050161
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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.
The object Round shield “gondale” with the object ID 3050161 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 376.
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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