Shield "isihlangu"

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Description

cattle hide, genet fur,

As with the Zulu shields, so too were those of the Hehe and Bena cut out of half-tanned cowhide. It was the Hehe and Bena who increased the stability of the shields to a certain extent by curving the rims forward.

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Comparing literature

Zulu Treasures, Amagugu Kazulu, Kwa Zulu Cultural Museum, 1996, p. 216, ill. A51

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