Zemanek-Münster

Shield "olono"

Kenya, Masai
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


Comparing literature

Barbier, Jean Paul & Purissima Benitez-Johannot, Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 119, ill. 42

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