Shield
Kenya, Luo
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium (2011)Size
H: 86 cm
H: 33.9 inch
Description
leather, kaolin, oval form, painted with ornaments, handle in form of a stick attached with leather straps, rep. (missing part), traces of usage and abrasion;
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. 17Publications
AHDRC: 0119955