Shield · Togo, Tamberma · ID: 3036243
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Provenance
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, GermanySize
D: 27,5 cm
D: 10.8 inch
Description
plant fibres, round form, woven in the so-called spiral coiling technique, a small attached piece of hide for a handle at the back, which spans the cavity created by the projection, min. dam., slight traces of usage
The object Shield with the object ID 3036243 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 421.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 130