Shield "isihlangu" · Tanzania, Hehe · ID: 3051599
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Werner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanySize
H: 151,5 cm
B: 51 cm
H: 59.6 inch
B: 20.1 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Zulu Treasures, Amagugu Kazulu, Kwa Zulu Cultural Museum, 1996, p. 216, ill. A51