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Round shield "tafa", Ethiopia, Amhara, Size: D: 49 cm (D: 19.3 inch), ID: 3043959
Round shield "tafa", Ethiopia, Amhara, Size: D: 49 cm (D: 19.3 inch), ID: 3043959 - 2/4 Round shield "tafa", Ethiopia, Amhara, Size: D: 49 cm (D: 19.3 inch), ID: 3043959 - 3/4 Round shield "tafa", Ethiopia, Amhara, Size: D: 49 cm (D: 19.3 inch), ID: 3043959 - 4/4
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Lot 487
89th Tribal Art Auction

Round shield "tafa" ·  Ethiopia, Amhara · ID: 3043959

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Size
D: 49 cm
D: 19.3 inch

Description

leather, silver mountings, base

The carrying of weapons was the pride of every self-respecting Amhara. These shields were not only implements of war, but in the course of time were transformed into purely decorative objects of imperial dignitaries.
They were even used back in the time of Emperor Menelik II (1889 - 1913) as valuable presents for the visitors of high rank or for the heads of state.

The object Round shield “tafa” with the object ID 3043959 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 487.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 71, ill. 61

Publications

AHDRC: 0153794

Africa
Shields

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