Two war shields ·  Indonesia - Sumatra, North, Aceh · ID: 3039554

Description

double layer of woven rattan, round forms, slightly vaulted, decorated with five, resp. seven plaques from brass in star-shaped openwork design, circularly arranged around a central element in the middle, metal eyelets backside for attachment of a handle, worked filigree and yet extremely stable, old age patina;
presumably from the times of the Dutch War with the Atjeh (now Aceh), which lasted from 1883 until 1904.

The object Two war shields with the object ID 3039554 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 9 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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