Shield · Kenya · ID: 3038024
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
German Colonial CollectionSize
H: 90,5 cm
H: 35.6 inch
Description
cow or buffalo hide, oval form, old writing on the carrying pole, min. dam., breakages (rim), traces of usage;
this rare, narrow shield with carrying pole in the back and a sturdy wooden hoop for strengthening the rim, is similar in construction to those of the Massai.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 42