Zemanek-Münster

Bouclier "isihlangu" ·  Tanzanie, Hehe · ID: 3051599

Vendu 1 000 €
Provenance
Werner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, Germany

Description

cattle hide, genet fur,

As with the Zulu shields, so too were those of the Hehe and Bena cut out of half-tanned cowhide. It was the Hehe and Bena who increased the stability of the shields to a certain extent by curving the rims forward.


Littérature comparée

Zulu Treasures, Amagugu Kazulu, Kwa Zulu Cultural Museum, 1996, p. 216, ill. A51


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