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.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 35, ill. 17