Shield · Kenya, Luo · ID: 3042406
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.
The object Shield with the object ID 3042406 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 501 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 35, ill. 17
Publications
AHDRC: 0119955