Shield · Kenya, Luo · ID: 3039049
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Provenance
Belgian CollectionSize
H: 150,5 cm
H: 59.3 inch
Description
buffalo hide, in form of a rounded rhomb, painted with white ornaments, handle in form of a stick attached with leather straps, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage and abrasion;
the shields of the Luo are the largest of African leather shields.
The object Shield with the object ID 3039049 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 513.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 35, ill. 17