Shield · Ethiopia, Amhara · ID: 3038910
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, FranceSize
D: 44,5 cm
D: 17.5 inch
Description
probably made from giraffe-, gazelle- or antelope skin, stretched with dark fabric and decorated with punched metal sheet ornaments, wooden handle stretched with dark leather, slight traces of usage and abrasion
The object Shield with the object ID 3038910 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 511 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 70