Zemanek-Münster

Shield ·  D. R. Congo, Ngombe · ID: 3042621

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Size
H: 145 cm
H: 57.1 inch

Description

cane work with dark patina, of elongated oval form, rattan frame, woven in several crisscross layers of reed and small slats, held together with rattan fibres to form a tight wickerwork, decorated with geometrical patterns in dark and red paint, wooden handle board backside, min. dam., slight traces of usage


The object Shield with the object ID 3042621 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 442.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 114, ill. 104


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