Zemanek-Münster

Plaited shield "nguba" ·  R. D. Congo, Ngombe · ID: 3033888

Vendu 1 200 €
Provenance
Old Belgian Collection

Description

rattan frame, plant fibres, of elongated oval form, woven in several crisscross layers of reed and small slats, held together with rattan fibres to form a tight wickerwork, decorated with geometrical patterns in dark paint, wooden handle board backside, min. dam., slight traces of usage;
in earlier times shields of the Poto and Ngombe were often decorated with traditional zigzag pattern.


Littérature comparée

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Plaschke, Dieter, Afrikanische Schilde, München 1992, p. 114 f.


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