Shield · D. R. Congo, Mbanza · ID: 3039027
sold
EUR 800
Size
H: 131,5 cm
H: 51.8 inch
Description
decorated with thickly woven wicker coils of tightly squeezed reeds, shield-shaped wooden handle and a small braided loop for support of throwing knives on the rear, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage
The object Shield with the object ID 3039027 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 465 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 113, ill. 103