Shield · Ethiopia, Amhara · ID: 3038910

Name: Shield
SKU: 3038910
Price: 400 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 400

Provenance

Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France

Size

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

Comparing literature

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

Africa

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