Shield "ngbenbe" · D. R. Congo, Ngbandi · ID: 3041425
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Size
H: 127, 5 cm
H: 127, 2.0 inch
Description
shield corpus from rattan plait, decorated with geometrical patterns in dark paint, handle on the backside fixed by animal skin and fine, unusually elaborate rattan plait, rep., slight traces of usage
The object Shield “ngbenbe” with the object ID 3041425 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 443.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Dieter Plaschke, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 108, ill. 98