Traditional war shield "gasha" ·  Ethiopia, Amhara · ID: 3045131

Description

leather,
Animal skin that has not yet been tanned was pressed on a wooden mold to achieve the curvature. Then the surface was hallmarked with small metal tools, dyed and greased.

The object Traditional war shield “gasha” with the object ID 3045131 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 384 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, p. 193