Shield ·  D. R. Congo, Saka · ID: 3035920

Description

wickerwork, natural-coloured, accents in dark brown, remains of animal skin, stabilized by a braided reed rim, two parallel stiffening slats woven into them and wrapped in natural-coloured bast, wooden handle on the rear, min. dam., slight traces of usage;
today the Mongo peoples are generally looked upon as the users of these shields. They inhabit the tropical rain forest and almost all of the entire Zaire basin (in the equatorial region), and with their 60 subtribes represent the most important Bantu tribal group.

The object Shield with the object ID 3035920 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 435.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 119, ill. 110