Shield · D. R. Congo, Ngombe · ID: 3039025
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Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, BelgiumMichel Boulanger, Liege, Belgium
Size
H: 99 cm
H: 39.0 inch
Description
rattan frame, plant fibres, of elongated oval form, woven in several crisscross layers of reed and small slats, held together with rattan fibres to form a tight wickerwork, decorated with geometrical patterns in dark paint, wooden handle board backside, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of usage
The object Shield with the object ID 3039025 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 469.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul, Benitez-Johannot, P., Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 64 f.