Shield

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Description

rattan frame, plant fibre, animal hide, of elongated oval form, woven in several crisscross layers of reed and small slats, held together with rattan fibres to form a tight wickerwork, remains of geometrical patterns in dark paint, wooden handle board backside, min. dam., traces of usage

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Plaschke, Dieter, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 114 f.

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