Shield ·  Ethiopia, Amhara · ID: 3033721

Description

leather, wood, stretched with red velvet and decorated with punched metal sheet ornaments, back and handle stretched with brown ornamented leather, min. dam., traces of usage and abrasion, cracks;
the carrying of weapons was the pride of every self-respecting Amhara. A more or less magnificently decorated shield was a distinctive mark of every brave warrior. In the course of time they were transformed into purely decorative objects of imperial dignitaries.

The object Shield with the object ID 3033721 was part of the auction 71st tribal art auction on November 24, 2012. The object with the lot number 469 achieved a sales price of EUR 500 with an asking price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Plaschke, Dieter, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 70, ill. 60