Shield "olono" · Kenya, Masai · ID: 3050005
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 28 November 1994, Lot 126 (set of two shields)Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 110 cm
B: 50 cm
H: 43.3 inch
B: 19.7 inch
Description
buffalo hide, red and black pigment, the edges reinforced with wood, carrying pole with handle at the back, four original repair marks
The object Shield “olono” with the object ID 3050005 was part of the auction 101st Auction on November 11, 2023. The object with the lot number 351 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500 with an asking price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul & Purissima Benitez-Johannot, Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 119, ill. 42