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